Ultraschall Med 2015; 36(05): 522-525
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1552274
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Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

The Beginning of Diagnostic Ultrasound Real-Time Imaging 50 Years Ago

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Publication Date:
15 October 2015 (online)

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In 1940 Gohr and Wedekind were the first to attempt to use ultrasound for clinical diagnostics – admittedly without relevant results. 2 years later Dussik published a scanning technique through the skull, which he called “hyperphonography”. This procedure proved to be erroneous, however, as the displayed figures showed no equivalent to anatomical structures.