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Ultrasonic rays in medical diagnosis—A survey

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Abstract

The use of ultrasonic rays in medical diagnosis is reviewed from the unsuccessful early attempts to use transmission techniques. The succesful use of echo techniques is described from the simple display giving limited information to the most recent improvement in which a plan of a cross-section of the body is reproduced by the echo technique as a horizontal tomogram of the soft tissues. Examinations of the brest, liver, kidney, neck, limbs. rectum, ovary, uterus, eye and orbit are mentioned and the large factor of safety is stressed.

Résumé

L'auteur passe en revue l'emploi des ultrasons en diagnostic médical, à partir de l'essai manqué d'utiliser des méthodes de trasmission. Il décrit encore l'emploi réussi de méthodes d'écho, à partir d'un dispositif simple donnant des informations limitées, jusqu'aux perfectionnements récents par lesquels une coupe transversale du corps peut être reproduite à l'aide de la technique d'écho, comme un tomogramme horizontal des parties molles. Les seins, le foie, les reins, le cou, les membres, le rectum, les ovaires, l'utérus, les yeux et l'orbit, ont été examinés d'après cette méthode qui a une grande marge de sécurité.

Zusammenfassung

Überblick über die Anwendung von Ultraschall in der medizinischen Diagnostik, beginnend bei dem erfolglosen Versuch, Transmissionsmethoden auzuwenden. Die erfolgreiche Anwendung von Echoverfahren wird beginnend mit der einfachen Anordnung, welche nur begrenzte Werte ergab, bis hin zu den neuesten Errungenschaften beschrieben, bei welchen ein Querschnitt des Körpers durch Echo-Technik als ein horizontales Tomogramm der Weichteile wiedergegeben wird. Untersuchungen von Mamma, Leber, Niere, Hals, Gliedmaßen, Rektum, Ovar, Uterus, Auge und Augenhöhle wurden durchgeführt. Der große Sicherheitsfaktor wird besonders hervorgehoben.

Резюме

Использование ультразвуковых лучей при распознавании болезней исследуется с момента неудачных ранних попыток применения техники пропускания. Дается описание успешного применения методов реверберации в простом изложении дающим краткую информацию относительно самых последних усовершенствований, с изображением схемы тела в поперечном разрезе, посредством метода реверберации, в виде горизонтальной томограммы мягких тканей. Перечисляются исследования груди, печени, почек, шеи, конечностей, прямой кишки, яичника, матки, глаз и глазной впадины, причем особое внимание уделяется фактору безопасности.

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Gordon, D. Ultrasonic rays in medical diagnosis—A survey. Med. Electron. Biol. Engng 1, 51–59 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02474132

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