"Sonography Grad Loves Her Job"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrMsDu2f3U0
This video is pretty straightforward. It's a brief interview of a ultrasound technologist at her place of work. She gives some reasons why she loves her field and she explains very briefly the quality of her education. I like also there is a plug in the video that briefly states how important sonography is to many fields, not just OB/GYN.
"Robert Fischell on medical inventing"
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/robert_fischell_on_medical_inventing.html
This video fits near the beginning of my spectrum of general medical technology. Rober Fischell is proposing some new inventions of his that act as a preventative measure by detecting migraines and heart attacks before they turn serious. One of the major reasons for his inventing these technologies is to improve overall healthcare and reduce the costs in the healthcare industries. It's pretty amazing how fast medical technology is advancing. 50 years ago, this kind of preventative technology would've been the size of a room and unable to be implanted into a person. But now, a small device can be implanted with a small battery that will last for 5 years. As of this video, the devices were under experimental trials.
"MR guided focused ultrasound could have "huge impact" on pancreatic cancer drug delivery"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7QPYl07R10
Here is another example sonography branching out into other fields. Delivery of drugs to the proper location using the least invasive method possible would be a golden standard of care. Noninvasive, outpatient procedures are not only mosre comfortable and quick, but much more cost effective than mobilizing an entire OR team for an endoscopic operation. Soundwaves from ultrasound also carry many less risks than radiometric methods. This video is a little dry to listen to, but the basic idea presented of utilizating now existing diagnostic technologies for leaps in medical treatment is a really neat concept.
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