Ultrasound Essay

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Jennie Ivey
Professor M. Walker
PHOA 305
04 Nov 2016
Ultrasound: Scientific Imaging and Digital Technologies
Lazzaro Spallanzani, an Italian biologist, could be credited for the discovery of high frequency 'ultrasound', when he demonstrated in 1794 the ability of bats piloting precisely in the dark was through echo reflection from high frequency inaudible sound.
Professor Ian Donald, an English Physician from the University of Glasgow, Scotland invented the photographic Ultrasound in 1957. Ian Donald was born December 27, 1910 Paisley, United Kingdom and Died June 19, 1987. Donald’s accomplishments amazed the world with an invention that would change the Science of Medicine forever.

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Neurologist who was born in Durham, North Carolina in 1968. He is the leading researcher and Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Virginia Health Sciences Center in Charlottesville. Elias conducted the first-ever clinical trial to treat essential tremors with focused ultrasound surgery technology in 2011.

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CElias uses both black and white media as well as color in the digital imaging in his practice. Elias has been recommended for numerous awards including “School of Medicine Excellence in Clinical Medicine “in 2002. Not to mention, Elias received an award from “Focused Ultrasound Foundation” for his clinical studies on patients that suffer from Parkinson’s disease and Movement Disorder.
Elias impact was that the numerous trials of treatment showed volumes of his commitment to his patients and their families thereby showing preventive measures in treating the Parkinson’s disease head on. This new alternative to traditional surgery requires no incision or opening of the skull. It is similar to using a magnifying glass to focus multiple beams of light on a single point to start a fire. They focus thousands of beams of ultrasound energy on a single spot in the body. These focused ultrasound beams heat and destroy the targeted area without damaging surrounding

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