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...uniformly enthusiastic about ultrasound and still rely heavily on X rays. But even skeptics concede that, as a first screening procedure, the new technique has the great advantage of simplicity and painlessness. It may spare many patients the heroic procedure of having air injected into the brain cavities (ventriculogra-phy). Some British neurosurgeons report better than 90% accuracy for ultrasound in determining whether a brain tumor or a hemorrhage is present, and if so, where...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Diagnosis: Pictures By Sound | 5/22/1964 | See Source »

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