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Re: 1956 - Argonne Nat. Lab From: Terry J DuBose (tjdubose@juno.com) Sun Aug 5 20:01:17 2001 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Marveen Craig: "Re: 1956 - Argonne Nat. Lab" Previous message: Bindy Beck-Meyer: "1956 - Argonne Nat. Lab" Maybe in reply to: Bindy Beck-Meyer: "1956 - Argonne Nat. Lab" Next in thread: Marveen Craig: "Re: 1956 - Argonne Nat. Lab" Dear Bindy Beck-Meyer, obviously your father was a pioneer of ultrasonic imaging. Most of my historical data is at the office, so I will look in the next week or so. He must have been an extraordinary father, you have done him great honor with the Web pages. (bindy@earthtravel.net) Your message piqued my interest and I followed some of your links and did a Google search. Your pages and those of the Argonne National Laboratory convince me that he did discover independently the concept of "through-transmission sonic imaging". Your tribute to you father, W. Nelson Beck, gives a great deal of information. The image of his hand and arm has the appearance of through-transmission ultrasound. Some research was done later, probably based on your father's work, on trying to evaluate for breast cancer tissue signatures with through-transmission. http://www.earthtravel.net/dad/ There is also information at Argonne lab web site: http://www.anl.gov/OPA/history/fifties.html With your permission we will establish a link to your pages. However, I must point out that while your father's discovery in 1957 was most likely an independent discovery, Ian Donald and Tom G. Brown were already conducting ultrasound-imaging research that year in Glasgow. They used the reflected echo technology, which is what we use today. I do want to thank you for adding this message to the history of medical ultrasound. We welcome more information if you have it to share. When I get to my books, I'll see what else I can find about your father. Thanks, Terry J. DuBose University of Arkansas for Medical Science Little Rock, Arkansas USA -- --------- On Sun, 5 Aug 2001 19:04:11 -0500 bindy@earthtravel.net (Bindy Beck-Meyer) writes: > I am writing to locate information regarding the history of the > development of ultrasound. > > After looking through my deceased father's records, I think he could > have been one of the first pioneers in use of ultrasonic recordings. > Please let me know where I can obtain knowledge of the history of > ultrasound to confirm this fact. > > Below is my father's (W. Nelson Beck) information posted on my > website. > > http://www.earthtravel.net/dad/ultra.html > > Taking Pictures with Sound > > Xray pictures with sound waves? Argonne National Laboratory is > demonstrating it can be done, though the "pictures" aren't yet of > standard quality. W.N. Beck of Argonne's Metallurgy Division > pioneered > the technique when he needed ultrasonic inspection of reactor fuel > elements to detect discontinuities in the bond between the fuel and > its > cladding. Then he turned the device on himself and showed that a > usable > "X-ray" of the hand could be made. > > Standard ultrasonic equipment is used, with two crystals - one to > transmit, one to receive the vibrations. When one scanner > encounters a > flaw in the fuel element (or a bone in the hand), reception is > interrupted and a white space appears on the electrosensitive > recording > sheet (see photo). > > Article appeared in Science, page 10, December 9, 1957. > > I have an original scan of his arm dated October 22, 1956 and a > picture > of the equipment that took the picture. > > Thank you in advance for your assistance. > > -- > Sincerely, Bindy Beck-Meyer Next message: Marveen Craig: "Re: 1956 - Argonne Nat. Lab" Previous message: Bindy Beck-Meyer: "1956 - Argonne Nat. Lab" Maybe in reply to: Bindy Beck-Meyer: "1956 - Argonne Nat. Lab" Next in thread: Marveen Craig: "Re: 1956 - Argonne Nat. Lab"

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