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HISTORICAL INFORMATION
History of Medical Ultrasound  click here for further info
 
Scenes from the History of Ultrasound (Slideshow)  click here for further info
 
The BMUS Historical Collection   click here for further info

Original electronics and Cossor camera

Olympia 1959

1958 electronics with Polaroid camera light box
 
  The History of the Society

The Society originated in 1969 from a conference organised by the Hospital Physicists Association ( a predecessor of the Institute of Physics & Engineering in Medicine ) and the British Institute of Radiology.

It was initially an informal ultrasound group ( the British Medical Ultrasound Group ), but took the name of the British Medical Ultrasound Society in 1977 when it became affiliated to the European and World Federations of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology. In 1984 it became a Registered Charity and a Company Limited by Guarantee.

Early Ultrasound Equipment
  The Original 1958 Lancet Article

To obtain a copy of the original 1958 Lancet article on ultrasound by Ian Donald, John MacVicar and Tom Brown 'Investigation of Abdominal Masses by Pulsed Ultrasound', please contact the BMUS Office. Please click here to request a hard copy of this article by post (please remember to include the address where you would like the article sent).