Helena Griffiths is from the Australian Institute of Ultrasound (AIU). She presented on ultrasound technology and highlighted just how far we have come from the early days of large uneconomical ultrasound machines to now handheld devices that can plug into your mobile phone, providing significant developments in health diagnosis. This technology is also used in natural disasters, or as President Mitch suggested, in the battlefield. The proficient use of ultrasound in medical diagnosis due to the low cost and the low risks of sound wave technology over alternatives such as X-ray, where radiation is a factor.
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Preceeding Helena, Mehmet Tavli from the Rotary Club of Nerang briefly presented on his club's project to address homelessness. A full article on his talk and video will be in next week's edition.
Photo (by Charles Thomasson), from left: Mehmet Tavli, Helena Griffiths, President Mitch Brown