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 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

1974 TAUSSIG, Helen Brooke (1898 – 1986); HENRY, Walter L.; MARON, Barry Joel; ET AL

Diagnosis of cyanotic congenital heart malformations in infants by real-time, two-dimensional echocardiography.

Two-dimensional (cross-sectional) echocardiography.

GMN 12245 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14460

1974 HENRY, Walter L.; GRIFFITH, James M.

A sector scanner for real time two-dimensional echocardiography.

Abstract "During the past several years one-dimensional pulse-echo ultrasound techniques have proven extremely useful in cardiac diagnosis. A one-dimensional system, however, only visualizes structures lying along a s…

GMN 12246 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14461

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

1982 HATLE, Liv Kristin (1936 – ); ANGELSEN, Bjorn A. J. (1948 – )

Doppler ultrasound in cardiology: Physical principles and clinical applications.

GMN 12244 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14458