The Future of Ultrasonography
Report of the Ultrasonography Task Force
- Council on Scientific Affairs, American Medical Association;
- Scott L. Bernstein;
- Yank D. Coble, Jr, MD;
- A. Bradley Eisenbrey, MD, PhD;
- E. Harvey Estes, Jr, MD;
- Mitchell S. Karlan, MD;
- William R. Kennedy, MD;
- Patricia Joy Numann, MD;
- William C. Scott, MD;
- Joseph H. Skom, MD;
- Richard M. Steinhilber, MD;
- Jack P. Strong, MD;
- Henry N. Wagner, Jr, MD;
- William R. Hendee, PhD;
- T. McGivney, PhD;
- Martin Baker, MD;
- Barbara A. Carroll, MD;
- I. Evans, MD;
- Arthur C. Fleischer, MD;
- William R. Hendee, PhD;
- David Hykes, MS;
- Janis Letourneau, MD;
- Christopher Merritt, MD;
- David Sahn, MD;
- Peter N. T. Wells, PhD, DSC
- Medical Student Representative, Champaign, Ill; Jacksonville, Fla; Resident Representative, Royal Oak, Mich; Vice Chairman, Durham, NC; Beverly Hills, Calif; Minneapolis, Minn; Syracuse, NY; Chairman, Tucson, Ariz; Chicago, Ill; Cleveland, Ohio; New Orleans, La; Baltimore, Md; Zionsville, Ind; Durham, NC; Detroit, Mich; Nashville, Tenn; Chicago, Ill; Lorain Ohio; Minneapolis, Minn; New Orleans, La; San Diego, Calif; Bristol, England.; Bristol, England; Chicago, Ill.
- From the Council on Scientific Affairs, American Medical Association, Chicago, Ill.
Abstract
Future advances in ultrasonography will undoubtedly occur in three major areas: diagnostic capability, instrumentation, and clinical applications. In the area of diagnostic capability, spatial and contrast resolution offer excellent opportunities for improvement. Continued research into tissue characterization is worthwhile, even though efforts to date have been more frustrating than fulfilling. Blood flow studies and new contrast agents are among the more promising areas for future development. New techniques of signal detection, analysis, and display in Doppler imaging may overcome some present limitations, including those in color flow imaging.
(JAMA. 1991;266:406-409)
Footnotes
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This report is not intended to be construed or to serve as a standard of medical care. Standards of medical care are determined on the basis of all the facts and circumstances involved in an individual case and are subject to change as scientific knowledge and technology advance and patterns of practice evolve. This report reflects the scientific literature as of March 1990.
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