Iran makes sonography machine

The Defense Ministry of the Islamic Republic of Iran on Tuesday has unveiled a medical machine for diagnostic sonography.

According to Tasnim News Agency, Deputy Defense Minister General Qassem Taqizadeh unveiled the homegrown diagnostic imaging device.

The sonography machine, manufactured by the Defense Ministry, uses color Doppler technique for medical ultrasound imaging.

The general said the Iranian sonography device has received a certification from the Ministry of Health and can compete against advanced foreign equipment.

The Defense Ministry is ready to mass-produce the sonography machine to fulfill the needs of medical society, he added.

In comments in August, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri hailed the country’s defense industry as an inspiring model for the other industrial and economic sectors.

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