Is ultrasound as useful as we think?

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Dr Hylton B Meire, MBBS, LRCP, MRCS, DObstRCOG, DMRD, FRCR Dr Meire was employed by the Medical Research Council as a full time Consultant in Clinical Ultrasound from 1975 to 1982. From 1982 until his retirement in 2000 he was a Consultant Radiologist with responsibility for the Radiology Ultrasound Service at King’s College Hospital. He was simultaneously Director of Ultrasound at the Portland Hospital for Women and Children, London.

He has published over 150 papers, twelve books and about 60 book chapters on the clinical applications of ultrasound.

He has held positions on the councils of several bodies including Honorary Secretary of the British Institute of Radiology, Treasurer and President of the British Medical Ultrasound Society and Honorary Secretary of the European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology.

Over the last 20 years he has gained extensive experience as a medical expert witness.

About Ultrasound Ultrasound is an international journal covering all aspects of medical ultrasound from the theoretical to clinical applications and their impact on both workforce and patients. A mixture of invited articles, current research, and descriptions of new techniques and equipment are included, providing both an educational and a scientific role. Ultrasound is published by Maney Publishing on behalf of the British Medical Ultrasound Society. For more information please visit www.maney.co.uk/journals/ultrasound

About the British Medical Ultrasound Society (BMUS) BMUS is a charitable, multi-disciplinary society, whose members are health care professionals and include radiologists, sonographers, obstetricians, physicists, veterinarians and others. BMUS works to advance the science and application of ultrasound in medicine, and to provide education, guidance and information for its members and the public. For more information please visit www.bmus.org or contact Rachel Meir at

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