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SUMMARY:Hacking ultrasound technology to create an open science and afford
 able Echo-stethoscope
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DESCRIPTION:Olivier de Fresnoye and Mehdi Benchoufi \nThe Cooperation & D
 evelopment Center (CODEV) is pleased to present echOpen\, an Open Source a
 nd Community based project.\n\nechOpen is an ultra-low cost\, open source 
 ultrasound probe community project that can be plugged into a smartphone. 
 The goal: to create an instrument for under $100 (versus current costs at 
 $10\,000-$15\,000). The device is designed for health professionals workin
 g in medicalized areas (emergencies\, general medicine\, etc.) as well as 
 under-medicalized ones.\n\nThe project’s potential impact is great\, as 
 the non-invasive device makes it possible to universalize access to diagno
 sis anywhere. For many doctors\, it will profoundly change the clinical ap
 proach to medicine by replacing the stethoscope.\n \nSupported by numerou
 s academic\, medical and professional actors\, the project - which brings 
 together more than 300 contributors (engineers\, researchers\, designers\,
  lawyers and health professionals from different specialty areas) - is bas
 ed  at the Hotel-Dieu Hospital in Paris.\n \nThanks to volunteers in mor
 e than a dozen countries\, the community developed an initial prototype th
 at made it possible to obtain anatomical images in late March 2016. In Sep
 tember 2017\, it produced a prototype able to display medical-quality imag
 es. The next step: miniaturize it and improve the overall performance.\n\n
 The Q&A will be moderated by Dr. Klaus Schönenberger\, EssentialTech Prog
 ram Leader.\nCome talk with the speakers about this great project!\n\nThe 
 conference will be followed by an apertif. For organizational reasons\, pl
 ease complete the online registration form before Monday 27. November 2017
 \n \nShort bios of speakers\n \nOlivier de Fresnoye is a specialist in c
 ollaborative and community Open Source projects. With a background in scie
 nce and economics\, he has developed several "open" projects using collect
 ive intelligence both in France and abroad. Co-founder of the echOpen proj
 ect and coordinator of the Epidemium program\, he belongs to several work 
 groups on new technologies and their scientific/societal importance.\n \n
 Mehdi Benchoufi is Head of Clinic in Clinical Epidemiology at the Clinical
  Epidemiology Center at Hôtel Dieu Hospital\, Associate of mathematics.\n
 He is working on a number of projects\, including Open Science programs. T
 he latter include the development of open source medical technologies desi
 gned for accessibility anywhere. He is also co-founder of the echOpen proj
 ect\, a low-cost\, open-source ultrasound system that works through a smar
 tphone. He is also a coordinator of Epidemium\, an Open Big Data challenge
  in the field of cancer epidemiology.
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