1952 HOWRY, Douglas Hamilton (1920 – ); BLISS, Wiliam Roderic

Ultrasonic visualization of soft-tissue structures of the body.

First tomogram of soft tissue.

GMN 2680.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/3567

1954 EDLER, Inge Gudmar (1911 – 2001); HERTZ, Carl Hellmuth (1920 – 1990)

The use of ultrasonic reflectoscope for the continuous recording the movements of heart walls.

Echocardiography, from which the field of medical ultrasonics developed.

GMN 2883.01 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/4242

1957 WILD, John Julian Cuttance (1914 – 2009); REID, John M. (1926 – )

Progress in the techniques of soft tissue examination by 15 MC pulsed ultrasound. In: Ultrasound in biology and medicine, ed. E. Kelly, pp. 30-48.

GMN 2681 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/3578

1957 SATOMURA, Shigeo (1919 – 1960)

Ultrasonic Doppler method for the inspection of cardiac functions.

Demonstration of the Doppler shift in the frequency of ultrasound backscattered by moving cardiac structures.

GMN 2883.21 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/4254

1958 DONALD, Ian (1910 – 1987)

Investigation of abdominal masses by pulsed ultrasound.

Donald, J. MacVicar and T. G. Brown used an ultrasound scanner to investigate the pregnant abdomen (see also No. 6235.1).

GMN 2682 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/3582

1961 DONALD, Ian (1910 – 1987); BROWN, T. G.

Demonstration of tissue interfaces within the body by ultrasonic echo sounding.

Biparietal fetal cephalometry by ultrasound.

GMN 6235.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7872

1965 THOMPSON, Horace E. (1921 – 2008); HOLMES, Joseph H. (1902 – 1982); GOTTESFELD, Kenneth R.; TAYLOR, E. S.

Fetal development as determined by ultrasonic pulse echo techniques.

Order of authorship in the original publication: Thompson, Holmes, Gottesfeld, Taylor. This was the first paper on the use of ultrasound in obstetrics and gynecology published in the United States.

GMN 11463 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13662

1978 HATLE, Liv Kristin (1936 – ); ANGELSEN, Bjorn A. J. (1948 – ); BRUBAKK, Alf O.; TROMSDAL, Arve

Noninvasive assessment of pressure drop in mitral stenosis by Doppler ultrasound.

Order of authorship in the original paper: Hatle, Brubakk, Tromsdal, Angelsen. "Hatle (born 1936) was the pioneer of continuous wave Doppler echocardiography. "Today, Doppler echocardiography is central to our ability…

GMN 12243 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14457

2012 EKLOFF, Bo; LINDSTRÖM, Kjell; PERSSON, Stig

Ultrasound in clinical diagnosis: From pioneering developments in Lund to global application in medicine. Edited by Bo Ekloff, Kjell Lindström and Stig Persson.

Concerns applications in echocardiography, echoencephalography, in obsterics and gynecology, Doppler ultrasound in vascular disease, ultrasound in radiology, and development of ultrasound in ophthalmology.

GMN 12339 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14563

2013 NICHOLSON, Malcolm; FLEMING, John Eric Edgcumbe (1934 – )

Imaging and imagining the fetus: The development of obstetric ultrasound.

GMN 7501 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9673