Stanford University and HP webOS go where no computer has gone before

We all know mobile technology is revolutionizing our personal and professional lives. But it’s also transforming the field of medicine in new and exciting ways.

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is an advanced technology that collects and analyzes detailed images and 3D renderings of the body’s internal organs and structures without exposing patients and doctors to dangerous radiation as X-Rays do. The greater safety of MRI has made possible an exciting new field called Interventional Radiology, which involves a doctor actually working on a patient with a real-time view of the patient’s insides.

There is one catch, however: the incredibly powerful magnets used by MRI scanners make the use of regular metal-filled computers impossible. However, Dr. Andrew B. Holbrook, a Research Associate at Stanford University, realized that an HP TouchPad could, with some modifications, be made non-metallic enough to go where no computer has gone before: into the MRI chamber!

Read on to see how Dr. Holbrook worked with HP to modify webOS devices and build a system of smart devices to aid in pushing the envelope of Interventional Radiology.

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