《Ultrasound》.pdfVIP

Ultrasound Basic Idea – Send waves into body which are reflected at the interfaces between tissue – Return time of the waves tells us of the depth of the reflecting surface History – First practical application, 1912 unsuccessful search for Titanic – WW II brought massive military research - SONAR (SOund Navigation And Ranging) – Mid-century used for non-destructive testing of materials – First used as diagnostic tool in 1942 for localizing brain tumors – 1950’s 2D gray scale images – 1965 or s