Building a software platform to guide doctors and nurses with ultrasound scanning

The aim of the paper is to present an integrated app that can be used on mobile devices (e.g. tablets) to assist GPs and nurses with little previous experience in ultrasound scanning. The developed webapp is user friendly, helps users to perform simple ultrasound scans using portable ultrasound devices and acts as a triage tool to cut down the number of unnecessary referrals. The app offers guidance, training and test possibilities for self-study and self-assessment including educational videos. An augmented reality app assists the user in taking the right picture which then can be compared to an extensive reference image library. The app has been validated and the findings are discussed in the paper.