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Apparallis"- Tor— Eye Disorder Diagnosis Is Devoloped
JERUSALEM—A highly sophis- composite, two-dimensional pic-
heated electronic apparatus which ture of the eye and its surround-
uses sound waves to detect eye ings, showing normal and path-
disorders has been developed at ological variations, on an oscil-
the electronic workshop of the
loscope. This enables easy rec-
Hebrew University of Jerusalemri ognition of any disorders and is
Faculty of Science , by Dr. Alan
particularly valuable in cases
Susal, an American --gpest - clinical where -the ocular media of the
fellow and lecturer at the Hadas- eye'are clouded and cannot' be
sah-University Hospital.
visually examined by the physi-
The apparatus, which recently cian.
went into operation at the . hospi-
California-born Dr. Susal; 33, ar-
tal's eye clinic, has been produced rived at the. Hadassah-University
at such low cost that it may -be- (Hospital in May 1970, to help
come a feasible acquisition for initiate the use of a less sophis-
hospitals throughout the world.
ticated instruinent—the "A-mode"
The equipment, named the "B-
ultrasoundend- to instruct doc-
mode" or intensity modulated tors in its iiPeration, This latter
ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, • instrument has been - in use in the
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United States and some European
countries for the past few years.
The Jerusalem hospital has intro-
duced this apparatus in the Mid-
dle East, and conducts an active
ultrasonic clinic where patients
are examined twice a week.
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Explaining - the development of
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ultrasound in medicine, Dr. Susal
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says that after World War II re-
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that it uses several different A-
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the eye and its surroundings. It al-
lows one to precisely localize and
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measure the pathological condi-
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the eye, and to get a display which
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investigating physician. It thus,
overcomes . the-main disadvantages
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