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International Journal of Emergency Medicine

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Open Access 01-12-2008 | Editorial

Ultrasound in emergency medicine: a colorful future in black and white

Authors: Anunaya R. Jain, Latha Stead, Wyatt Decker

Published in: International Journal of Emergency Medicine | Issue 4/2008

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From the experiment using an underwater bell to determine the speed of sound by J. D. Colladon in 1826, the generation of ultrasound waves by Francis Galton in 1876, the discovery of the piezoelectric effect by Pierre Curie in 1880, the development of sonar systems within a month of the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, to its early conception as the “hydrophone” by Paul Langevin and Constantin Chilowsky in 1915 and the development of medical ultrasonic systems since 1940, ultrasound is a technology that has now reached the “tipping point” and is being rapidly assimilated into multiple medical specialties beyond radiology. …

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Title: Ultrasound in emergency medicine: a colorful future in black and white
Authors: Anunaya R. Jain
Latha Stead
Wyatt Decker
Publication date: 01-12-2008
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: International Journal of Emergency Medicine / Issue 4/2008
Print ISSN: 1865-1372
Electronic ISSN: 1865-1380
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12245-008-0078-3

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