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European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery
Published in: European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery 2/2016

01-04-2016 | Editorial

Advancing clinician-performed sonography in the twenty-first century: building on the rich legacy of the twentieth century pioneers

Authors: R. Jeanmonod, S. P. Stawicki, D. P. Bahner, M. Zago

Published in: European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery | Issue 2/2016

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In their first clinical application about 70 years ago, ultrasound machines were the size of automobiles and required water immersion of the patient to obtain shadowy suggestions of internal anatomy [1]. The physics involved were the same as those used to track icebergs and submarines, adapted by innovators to the delicate task of finding a tumor or looking for a gallstone [2, 3]. Within 20 years of its initial clinical use, scientists had advanced the technology to a point where ultrasound machines were much more compact and offered image quality sufficient to evaluate the fetus in obstetrics care [4]. Since then, diagnostic applications of sonography have incrementally increased to encompass literally every field of health care, from physical medicine and rehabilitation to obstetrics and gynecology, emergency medicine to pulmonology, critical care to disaster management, oncology to trauma and emergency surgery, and pediatrics to gastroenterology [5‐10]. …
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Metadata
Title
Advancing clinician-performed sonography in the twenty-first century: building on the rich legacy of the twentieth century pioneers
Authors
R. Jeanmonod
S. P. Stawicki
D. P. Bahner
M. Zago
Publication date
01-04-2016
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery / Issue 2/2016
Print ISSN: 1863-9933
Electronic ISSN: 1863-9941
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00068-016-0652-y

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