As I write this, I am in an airplane, flying home to Houston from a family event in Virginia. To my left, my children, Sam and Kayla, are watching The Lion King on a video player, and Susan, my wife, is reading Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese. To my right, a soldier-turned-civilian is just returning from a State Department assignment in Afghanistan. No doubt he has made a difference. Leaning back in my seat, I think about breast ultrasound in the middle of 2011. In the last decade, the advances have been remarkable: smaller, faster, more powerful ultrasound units with better resolution and markedly improved image quality. No question. There is a big difference.
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