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The rich history of ultrasound gives us an understanding of the development of a field which has advanced our diagnostic ability and treatment options. It also gives us insight into the role that ultrasound might play in the future of medicine. Intense research in the field of ultrasound began with the eighteenth-century Biologist and Physiologist Lorenzo Spallazani’s observation that non-audible sound exits. This was given further impetus by the work of the brothers Pierre and Jacques Curie on the generation of electric voltage when pressure was applied to certain crystals. In this chapter, we document a timeline of accomplishments, which has transformed theory into clinical practice and has made ultrasound a diagnostic and therapeutic reality.

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  1. Texas Children’s Hospital at Baylor College of Medicine, Pediatric Urology, Houston, TX, USA

    Vinaya P. Bhatia

  2. Zucker School of Medicine of Hofstra/Northwell, The Arthur Smith Institute for Urology, New Hyde Park, NY, USA

    Bruce R. Gilbert

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Bhatia, V.P., Gilbert, B.R. (2021). History of Ultrasound. In: Fulgham, P.F., Gilbert, B.R. (eds) Practical Urological Ultrasound. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52309-1_1

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