lung and pleura ultrasound

diagnostic ultrasound in intensive care and emergency medicine pleural and lung sonography - page 02
looking back into the short history of medical ultrasound early developments
Edler had asked Hertz if it was possible to use radar to look into the body, but Hertz said this was impossible. However, he said, it might be possible to use ultrasonography. Hertz was familiar with using ultrasonic reflectoscopes for nondestructive materials testing, and together they developed the idea of using this method in medicine. The first successful measurement of heart activity was made on October 29, 1953 using a device borrowed from the ship construction company Kockums in Malmö. On December 16 the same year, the method was used to generate an echo-encephalogram (ultrasonic probe of the brain). Edler and Hertz published their findings in 1954. source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_ultrasonography

source: re-publication in: clinical physiology and functional imaging, 2004, 24, 3; 118- 136
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