Overview

"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 in pregnancy. These three world premieres at the Lund University were the foundation for the tremendous development of diagnostic ultrasound. Before it is too late, the history in Lund will be told, and with this history as background Ultrasound in Clinical Diagnosis brings together some of the leading ultrasound experts of today to bring us up to date with the use of ultrasound in its ever-increasing importance for diagnosis in many areas of medicine. Peter Wells writes in his Foreword that ""this fascinating book serves more than one purpose: it is an historical record of the pioneering developments in clinical ultrasonic diagnosis that took place in Lund... what we now recognise as one of the greatest medical innovations of the twentieth century... Besides its historical content, this book also includes scholarly reviews of the state-of-art in adult and paediatric cardiology, obstetrics and gynaecology, vascular disease in several countries and, primarily from technical perspective, radiology, as well as an overview of contrast studies"". Other chapters describe the development in ophthalmology and oto-rhino-laryngology as well as the industrial development of ultrasound equipment. This book will be valuable and interesting to those who are interested in the development of ultrasound diagnosis in medicine."

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Author:   Bo Eklöf (, Clinical professor emeritus of surgery, University of Hawaii, USA; Lund University, Sweden) ,  Kjell Lindström (, Professor Emeritus, Department of Electrical Measurements, Lund Institute of Technology, Lund University, Sweden) ,  Stig Persson (, Associate professor of Cardiology, Lund University, Sweden)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 25.30cm
Weight:   0.678kg
ISBN:  

9780199602070

ISBN 10:   0199602077
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   24 November 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface 1: Hakan Westling: Ultrasound in Lund - three world premieres 2: Stig Persson, Jan Eskilsson and Nils-Rune Lundstroem: The development of echo-cardiography in Sweden 3: Fausto J. Pinto: Ultrasound in cardiology - state of the art 4: Luc L. Mertens: Ultrasound in paediatric cardiology - start of the art 5: Leif G. Salford: The development of echo-encephalography in Sweden 6: Bertil Sunden and Karel Mar%sal: The development of ultrasound in obstetrics and gynaecology in Sweden 7: Stuart Campbell: A history of ultrasound in obstetrics and gynaecology 8: David S. Sumner and Kirk W. Beach: Eugene Strandness and the development of Doppler ultrasound in vascular disease 9: Tomas Jogestrand and Olav Thulesius: The development of ultrasound in vascular disease in Sweden 10: Nicos Labropoulos and Kimon Bekelis: Ultrasound in vascular disease - state of the art 11: Torbjoern Andersson: The development of ultrasound in radiology in Sweden 12: Jorgen Jorgensen: The early development of diagnostic ultrasound in Denmark 13: David Cosgrove: Ultrasound in radiology - state of the art 14: Tomas Jansson and Anders Nilsson: Use of contrast in ultrasound 15: Karl C. Ossoinig: The development of ultrasound in ophthalmology 16: Pernilla Sahlstrand Johnson and Magnus Jannert: The development of ultrasound in oto-rhino-laryngology 17: Gunnar Arveheim: The industrial development of ultrasound - a Swedish perspective Appendix: The original paper by Edler/Hertz

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This is a fascinating account of the development of ultrasound from the pioneering days in Lund, Sweden. The collaboration between Inge Edler and Hellmuth Hertz paved the way for the development of the 'ultrasound reflectoscope', based on Edler's idea that radar based techniques might be used to examine the heart. This 200-plus page book describes the evolution of ultrasound as a diagnostic tool from its humble, often serendipitous, beginnings to the present day. It offers a comprehensive overview of the history of ultrasound in diagnosis. RAD After reading this book, one has obtained a fantastic review of the almost 60 year history of ultrasound diagnosis. The description of the pioneers incredible dedication and imagination are fascinating reading. The many state-of-the-art chapters make the book very topical for colleagues dedicated to working with ultrasound diagnosis, no matter in what area it might be. The book also gives those who have worked with ultrasound within one specialty an opportunity to gain insight into what happens in other specialties. The book is easy to read and well illustrated. I give it my warm recommendations. ACTA Obstetricia et Gynecologica

This is a fascinating account of the development of ultrasound from the pioneering days in Lund, Sweden. The collaboration between Inge Edler and Hellmuth Hertz paved the way for the development of the 'ultrasound reflectoscope', based on Edler's idea that radar based techniques might be used to examine the heart. This 200-plus page book describes the evolution of ultrasound as a diagnostic tool from its humble, often serendipitous, beginnings to the present day. It offers a comprehensive overview of the history of ultrasound in diagnosis. * RAD * After reading this book, one has obtained a fantastic review of the almost 60 year history of ultrasound diagnosis. The description of the pioneers incredible dedication and imagination are fascinating reading. The many state-of-the-art chapters make the book very topical for colleagues dedicated to working with ultrasound diagnosis, no matter in what area it might be. The book also gives those who have worked with ultrasound within one specialty an opportunity to gain insight into what happens in other specialties. The book is easy to read and well illustrated. I give it my warm recommendations. * ACTA Obstetricia et Gynecologica *

This is a fascinating account of the development of ultrasound from the pioneering days in Lund, Sweden. The collaboration between Inge Edler and Hellmuth Hertz paved the way for the development of the 'ultrasound reflectoscope', based on Edler's idea that radar based techniques might be used to examine the heart. This 200-plus page book describes the evolution of ultrasound as a diagnostic tool from its humble, often serendipitous, beginnings to the present day. It offers a comprehensive overview of the history of ultrasound in diagnosis. RAD

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