Echoencephalography

The echoencephalography or -grafie ( English echoencephalography ) is an imaging process of medical diagnosis and refers to a representation of boundary surfaces in the brain by means of ultrasound .

Echoencephalography was developed by the neurosurgeon Schiefer and Siemens AG in Erlangen.

By shifting the center line echo, indications of space-consuming processes, e.g. B. Tumors , recognize; a broadened midline echo occurs in hydrocephalus , occasionally a pathological hematoma or tumor echo can be seen.

See also

• EEG
• MEG
• tomography

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ernst Kern : Seeing - Thinking - Acting of a surgeon in the 20th century. ecomed, Landsberg am Lech 2000, ISBN 3-609-20149-5 , p. 158.