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The possible application of ultrasonic holographic visualization techniques to medical diagnosis has recently been alluded to by several different authors. The practical realization of such techniques should allow soft-tissue visualization and differentiation to a degree not possible with existing acoustical and radiological technology. With this view in mind a preliminary feasibility study using biological material was undertaken. The objects were transilluminated by a continuous-wave 2-MHz sound source, with the transmitted acoustic field transduced and recorded optically using mechanical scanning and photographic transparencies. After appropriate scaling the hologram transparency was illuminated by a coherent light source and regeneration accomplished. The results obtained are presented, and existing technical and interpretative difficulties discussed, together with a survey of possible diagnostic uses in various fields of medicine.
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Holbrooke, D.R., Shibata, H.R., Hruska, B.B., McCurry, E., Miller, E.R. (1970). Diagnostic Holography—A Feasibility Study. In: Metherell, A.F., Larmore, L. (eds) Acoustical Holography. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-8207-6_18
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