Imaging and imagining the fetus : the development of obstetric ultrasound / Malcolm Nicolson and John E.E. Fleming.

Imaging and imagining the fetus : the development of obstetric ultrasound /

This book tells the story of how engineers and clinicians developed the ultrasound diagnostic scanner and how its use in obstetrics became controversial. To its proponents, the ultrasound scanner is a safe, reliable, and indispensable aid to diagnosis. Its detractors, on the other hand, argue that i...

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Main Author: Nicolson, Malcolm, 1952-
Other Authors: Fleming, John E. E. (John Eric Edgcumbe), 1934-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013
Subjects:
Donald, Ian, > 1910-1987.
Donald, Ian, > 1910-1987
Ultrasonics in obstetrics > Scotland > History.
Ultrasonics in obstetrics.
Fetus > Ultrasonic imaging > Scotland > History.
Fetus > Ultrasonic imaging.
Diffusion of innovations > Scotland.
Diffusion of innovations.
Politics, Practical.
Ultrasonography, Prenatal > history
Ultrasonography, Prenatal > instrumentation
Diffusion of Innovation
Fetal Diseases > diagnosis
History, 20th Century
Politics
Ultrasonography, Prenatal
politics.
Scotland
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