Homemade ultrasound scanner received the first images

From research of the heart to a first glance at your own child before birth - all this is possible thanks to ultrasound (ultrasound) or sonography, one of the most powerful non-invasive tools of modern medicine. But it is an expensive pleasure. An ultrasound scanner costs up to $ 100,000, so such a device is not even in every clinic. Murgen project activists decided to correct this shortcoming - and create a homemade ultrasound scanner worth less than $ 500.

Murgen is a fork of the echOpen project and aims to create a technology suite for scientists, hackers, makers, and Open Source Hardware activists to use ultrasound scanning.

On the project page it is indicated that by now we have managed to design the design of the main electronic board ( scheme, pdf ) and make the first prototype. The board was physically tested and on March 28, 2016, received the first clinically valid image - this is, however, not a child, but just a condom filled with agar-based gel and tapioca balls.
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In the illustration you can compare the images of commercial and amateur ultrasound scanners.



The developers have published a list of required materials (xls) and instructions . Homemade installation with all the details shown in the photo.



It was possible to meet the budget of € 450, considering the cost of the BitScope USB-oscilloscope (€ 150), sensor (€ 110), Trinket Pro / Arduino (€ 10), other small electronics (€ 20).

Murgen devkit repository on github