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Dr. John J. Wild, Pioneer of Diagnostic Ultrasound  

 

Selected Publications By Dr. J. J. Wild

Medical Ultrasound

--“The use of ultrasonic pulses for the measurement of biologic tissues and the detection of tissue density changes.”  SURGERY 27:183-88, Feb. 1950.  [This primary reference in the field of pulsed ultrasonic tissue diagnostics was received for publication November 14, 1949.] 

--“Detection of cerebral tumors by ultrasonic pulses” (with Lyle A. French, MD and Donald Neal, BAE). CANCER 4:705-8, 1950.

--“Attempts to determine harmful effects of pulsed ultrasonic vibrations” (with Lyle A. French and Donald Neal). CANCER 4:342-344, 195l.

--“The experimental application of ultrasonics to the location of brain tumors.  Preliminary report” (with Lyle A. French and Donald Neal). JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY 8:198-203, 195l.

--“The use of high frequency ultrasonic waves for detecting changes of texture in living tissues” (with Donald Neal). LANCET 1:655-657, 195l.

--“The application of echo ranging techniques to the detection of structure of biological tissues” (with John M. Reid BEE). SCIENCE115:226-30, 1952.

--“Ultrasonic ranging for cancer diagnosis” (with John M. Reid). ELECTRONICS 25:136-13, 1952.

--“Further pilot echographic studies on the histological structure of tumors of the living intact human breast” (with John M. Reid).  AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 28:839-861,  1952. [Statistical proof of Area-Ratio.]

--“The effects of 15 Megacycle Ultrasound on Tissues.”  JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 25:270-280, 1953. [Documents first living brain tumor detection.]

--“Echographic visualization of lesions of the living intact human breast” (with John M. Reid).  CANCER RESEARCH 14:277-83, 1954.

--“Ultrasonic ranging speeds cancer diagnosis” (with John M. Reid). ELECTRONICS 28:174-180, March 1955.

--“Ultrasonic echo ranging for tissue diagnostic studies” (with John M. Reid). INSTITUTE OF RADIO ENGINEERS CONVENTION RECORD (9):68-74, 1955.

--“Echographic tissue diagnosis” (with John M. Reid).  PROC. 4TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON ULTRASONIC THERAPY, P. 47-72, August, 1955.

--“Current developments in ultrasonic equipment for medical diagnosis” (with John M. Reid). PROC. NATIONAL ELECTRONICS CONFERENCE 12: 1956.   [also in IRE TRANSACTIONS ON ULTRASONIC ENGINEERING., PGUE 5:44-58, 1957.]

--“Progress in the techniques of soft tissue examination by 15 megacycle pulsed ultrasound” (with John M. Reid). Am. Inst. Of Biological Science, ULTRASOUND IN BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 3:30-48, 1957.

--“Diagnostic use of ultrasound” (with John M. Reid). BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE 19:248-257, 1956.

--“Historical introduction and overview.”  Chapter One in ULTRASOUND IN TUMOUR DIAGNOSIS, edited by C. Hill, McCready and Cosgrove.  Kent, England, Pitman, 1978, pp. 1-26.

--“Visualization of the Excised Human Heart by Means of Reflected Ultrasound or Echography”, (with John M. Reid and H. D. Crawford, PhD).  AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL 54:903-906, 1957.

--"Transmission of Ultrasound Through the Living Human Thorax”, (with Harry D. Crawford, PhD, Paul I. Wolf and James S. Fink).  IRE TRANSACTIONS ON MEDICAL ENGINEERING ME-6:141-6, Sept. 1959.

--“The feasibility of echometric detection of cancer in the lower gastrointestinal tract” (with J. Foderick , MD).  AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PROCTOLOGY, GASTROENTEROLOGY AND RECTAL SURGERY 29(1): 16-25; 29(2):11-20, 1978. 

--“Review of the ultrasonic examination of the breast.”  In ULTRASONIC EXAMINATION OF THE BREAST, edited by J. Jellins and T. Kobayashi.  New York, Wiley, 1983, pp. 21-30.

--“An historical review of the genesis and early development of intrusive pulse-echo ultrasound.” In ENDOSONOGRAPHY, Ulrich Hildebrandt, co-ed. Berlin, Springer, 1990 pp. 1-19.  

--“Origin of soft-tissue echoing and early instrumental application to clinical medicine.” In INVENTIVE MINDS: CREATIVITY IN TECHNOLOGY, edited by Robert J. Weber and David N. Perkins.  New York, Oxford Univ. Press, 1992, pp. 115-141.

Intestinal Obstruction, Intubation and Other

--“Cultivation of Trichomonas vaginalis”.  Report to Medical Research Council, England,  1944.

--”Intestinal aspiration apparatus.”  BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL 1:815, June 1944.

--“A cheap and effective substitute for Unna’s Paste.”  BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL,  March 1945.

--“The stomach as a cause of difficulty in intubating the human duodenum.” SURGERY 14:70 - , 1948.

--“Evaluation of intestinal intubation”, (with Harold Strickler,  MD).  BULLETIN OF MINNESOTA HOSPITALS AND MINNESOTA MEDICAL FOUNDATION 20:27 -67,  May 1949.

--“Further development of the gastric balloon to facilitate intestinal intubation.”  SURGERY 27:245 - , 1950.

--“Experimental resection of the trachea”, (with Donald Ferguson, MD and O. H. Wangensteen, MD).  SURGERY 28:597 - ,  Sept. 1950.

--“Design of an artificial lung using polyvinyl formal sponge”, (with H. W. Heupel, MD). LANCET 271:1246-47, 1956.

--“In spring a young man’s fancy. . .”.  MINNESOTA MEDICINE, Oct. 1968, p. 1451.

 

 

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