Emergency medicine emerged as a standalone speciality in the 1980s and 1990s, paving the way for ultrasound integration into acute care. During this time, portable ultrasound devices began being …

Diagnostic ultrasound was first used successfully in medical practice in the 1950s. The first commercially available machines were produced in the 1960s and portable 2D real‐time ultrasonography became …

Sep 3, 2024 · Diagnostic ultrasonography has evolved to become an indispensable imaging tool that permits non-invasive evaluation of the whole body. In this narrative review, we present a historical …

Oct 2, 2024 · In the 1960s and 1970s, ultrasound technology advanced rapidly, and its applications expanded beyond obstetrics. Physicians began to use ultrasound for diagnosing conditions in other …

Aug 8, 2025 · Ultrasound has become one of the most indispensable imaging tools in modern healthcare used daily in obstetrics, cardiology, abdominal diagnostics, emergency medicine, and beyond.

Point-of-care usage of ultrasound in the emergency department (ED) was introduced several decades ago and has rapidly grown to include many indications.

The use of ultrasound in medicine began during and shortly after the 2nd World War in various centres around the world. The work of Dr.Karl Theodore Dussik in Austria in 1942 on transmission ultrasound …

Feb 19, 2025 · In 1976, the first commercial handheld ultrasound transducer hit the market, expanding its use beyond radiology to emergency rooms and rural clinics. The 1980s introduced digital signal …

Oct 1, 2020 · Diagnostic ultrasound was first used successfully in medical practice in the 1950s. The first commercially available machines were produced in the 1960s and portable 2D real‐time …

In the 1940s, the first tentative steps were taken to use ultrasound as an alternative to x-rays to image internal body structures. The Austrian Dussik brothers created transmission images of the head …