title: Two-dimensional airborne ultrasound real-time linear array scanner--applied to screening for scoliosis.
abstract: Diagnostic ultrasound is an established, noninvasive and harmless method for imaging the shape and appearance of organs and other tissues inside the body, and it has been used in many clinical applications for more than three decades. We have now applied some of this well-known technique together with the use of airborne ultrasound in medical applications, to build an equipment for anthropometrical investigation outside the body, e.g., measuring and registration of the shape and form of the human back. This is mostly done for screening purposes of young people in an attempt to find patients developing scoliosis, and in order to circumvent some of the disadvantages with the traditional screening method in this field of medical application.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Univeristy Hospital, Malmö, Sweden.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mauritzson
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ilver
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Benoni
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lindström
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Willner
mesh_terms: D001415:Back / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000295:instrumentation; D015903:Moire Topography; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000517:prevention & control; D014159:Transducers; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods