The evolution of Ilan Timor - Pioneer in OB/GYN Ultrasound

During the late eighties, Prof. Ilan Timor, while working in Haifa, Israel, was one of the world's pioneers in transvaginal sonography. His slogan "Do it with higher frequency" was based on the fact that higher ultrasound frequency allows supreme resolution on imaging of the female internal genital organs and of the fetus in a very early stage.
This high frequency is possible only by using transvaginal ultrasound probes. High frequency waves poorly penetrate the abdominal wall. If a probe is laid on the external abdominal wall, lower frequencies (and hence worse resolution) must be used in order to penetrate the barrier of the women's belly.
Early screening for fetal malformations by transvaginal sonography (at 14-15 weeks of pregnancy when the crown-rump length of the fetus is about 8-9 cm) is common practice in Israel and most fetal anomalies can be detected at this early stage. Though it is done routinely in Israel in the last 15-20 years, somehow until now (2009) the rest of the world has not yet adopted it.
In the last few yeas Ilan Timor is working in New-York University in Manhattan and is considered to be one of the world leaders of OB/GYN ultrasound.

In 2002 Ilan Timor won the Ian Donald Gold Medal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (ISUOG) and on 2006 he won the gold medal of the Israel Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology. In the ceremony, this video was presented.
The probe shown in the last picture of this video is the first transvaginal transducer (1987) of Elscint, Israel, that Ilan took part in its developing.
(This article was written by Dr. Israel Shapiro, president of the Israel Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology).

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