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Title Ultrasound in clinical diagnosis : from pioneering developments in Lund to global application in medicine / edited by Bo Eklöf, Kjell Lindström and Stig Persson.

Imprint Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 217 pages, 15 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note Print version record.
Contents Cover; Contents; Contributors; Abbreviations; 1 Ultrasound in Lund--three world premieres; 2 The development of echocardiography in Sweden; 3 Ultrasound in cardiology--state of the art; 4 Ultrasound in paediatric cardiology--state of the art; 5 The development of echoencephalography in Sweden; 6 The development of ultrasound in obstetrics and gynaecology in Sweden; 7 A history of ultrasound in obstetrics and gynaecology; 8 Eugene Strandness and the development of Doppler ultrasound in vascular disease; 9 The development of ultrasound in vascular disease in Sweden.
10 Ultrasound in vascular disease--state of the art11 The development of ultrasound in radiology in Sweden; 12 The early development of diagnostic ultrasound in Denmark; 13 Ultrasound in radiology--state of the art; 14 Use of contrast in ultrasound; 15 The development of ultrasound in ophthalmology; 16 The development of ultrasound in otorhinolaryngology; 17 The industrial development of ultrasound--a Swedish perspective; Appendix: 'The Use of Ultrasonic Reflectoscope for the Continuous Recording of the Movements of Heart Walls.'--The original paper; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M.
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Summary On October 29th 1953 in Lund, Sweden, Inge Edler, cardiologist, and Hellmuth Hertz, physicist, performed the first successful Ultrasoundcardiogram (UCG), later renamed Echocardiogram. A few weeks later, on December 16th, the neurosurgeon Lars Leksell diagnosed an intracranial bleeding in a 16-month-old boy using the same equipment, and Echoencephalography was born. The Lundensian obstetrician Bertil Sundén was in 1962 able to take the first ultrasound picture of twins inpregnancy. These three world premieres at the Lund University were the foundation for the tremendous development of diagnosti.
Subject Diagnostic ultrasonic imaging.
Diagnostic ultrasonic imaging -- History.
Ultrasonic imaging.
Ultrasonography
Ultrasonography -- history
Échographie.
Échographie -- Histoire.
MEDICAL -- Allied Health Services -- Radiological & Ultrasound Technology.
MEDICAL -- Ultrasonography.
Ultrasonic imaging
Diagnostic ultrasonic imaging
Genre/Form History
Added Author Eklof, Bo.
Lindström, Kjell.
Persson, Stig.
Other Form: Print version: Ultrasound in clinical diagnosis. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012 9780199602070 (DLC) 2011939842 (OCoLC)768067627
ISBN 9780191635564 (electronic bk.)
0191635561 (electronic bk.)
1283579871
9781283579872
9780199602070
0199602077
Standard No. 9786613892324
AU@ 000050015282

 
    
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