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The birth and growth of neuroradiology in the USA

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Neuroradiology in the USA was started by the neurosurgeons Harvey Cushing, who personally made the first X-rays used to treat a patient with a neurological disability, and Walter Dandy, who first performed air ventriculography, ventriculoscopy, air encephalography and air myelography. The father of neuroradiology in the USA was Merrill Sosman, Cushing's associate. Modern neuroradiology was introduced into the USA from Europe by Mannie Schechter who was one of the original team of three Chief Editors of Neuroradiology.

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To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Harvey Cushing Society (now called the American Association of Neurological Surgeons), and the completion of 10 years of publication of Neuroradiology

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Gutiérrez, C. The birth and growth of neuroradiology in the USA. Neuroradiology 21, 227–237 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00367346

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