Handheld scanners are smaller, portable versions of their desktop cousins. Like a flatbed scanners, they scan documents, drawings and other flat media, turning them into digital files you can store, ...

Engineers have created a new imaging tool for primary care physicians: a handheld scanner that would enable them to image all the sites they commonly examine -- such as inner ears or the health of ...

As technologies evolve, they typically tend to grow smaller and more convenient. The first computer occupied about 1,800 sf and weighed almost 50 tons. Now they can be carried with us everywhere. The ...

I can't say that I've really had the urge to scan photos while out and about, but maybe some of you have. For those of you that have needed images scanned on the spot, you'll definitely make use out ...

With the introduction of portable ultrasound scanners, the medical imaging sector has seen a significant transformation recently. A new era of point-of-care diagnostics has begun with these portable ...

A new hand-held scanner developed by UCL researchers and tested in a series of clinical trials on UCLH patients can generate highly detailed 3D photoacoustic images in just seconds, paving the way for ...

Scientists have developed a new handheld ultrasound scanner which could help the NHS diagnose cancers in seconds. University College London said their device could transform NHS cancer and arthritis ...

Although there are various efforts under way to create a working Star Trek-like medical tricorder, such a device isn’t available for general use just yet. In the meantime, however, doctor’s offices ...

A new portable device combines laser scanning technology with cameras to create precise 3D images in colour. It could be used for everything from infrastructure inspection to construction to robot ...