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Ultrasound Sonography in Intraocular Tumors

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Radiotherapy of Intraocular and Orbital Tumors

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Abstract

Ultrasound is sound with a frequency beyond the range of human hearing (20000 Hz), which represents mechanical waves, i.e, a periodic movement of mass. Mundt and Hughes first described ultrasonography in 1956, and many technical improvements have been made since then.

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  1. University Eye Hospital Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20251, Hamburg, Germany

    A. Walter MD, A. Hassenstein MD & G. Richard MD

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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, 750 East Adams Street, Syracuse, NY, 13210, USA

    Robert H. Sagerman MD, FACR (Professor) (Professor)

  2. Department of Radiotherapy and Radiooncology, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany

    Winfried E. Alberti MD (Professor) (Professor)

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Walter, A., Hassenstein, A., Richard, G. (2003). Ultrasound Sonography in Intraocular Tumors. In: Sagerman, R.H., Alberti, W.E. (eds) Radiotherapy of Intraocular and Orbital Tumors. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55910-5_23

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