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Although X-Rays were used in medical diagnosis soon after their discovery, the application of diagnostic ultrasound was much more progressive. Experimental studies in man were very carefully conducted to eliminate the possibility of side effects similar to those of ionising radiations122.
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Laurenceau, JL., Malergue, MC. (1981). Physics of Ultrasound and Instrumentation. In: the essentials in echocardiography. The Tardieu Series, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8285-7_3
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