Women's Studies 2160A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Sonographer, Invisibility, Beginning Of Human Personhood
24 Apr 2017
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Lecture: a ultrasound image= sonogram, sound waves are propelled and when they hit the object they create the image, the white parts are the denser parts, the image is the visual interpretation of the movement of sound waves. How they are used: medically it is given between 16-20 weeks, non-medical ultrasounds (3d, 4d) Wwi sonar systems used for underwater navigation in military. 1930s- karl and friedrich dussik develop as diagnostic. 1969 the 1st world congress on ultrasonic diagnostic tool (used on brain) 1970- one of the first published reports on the diagnosis of fedal malformation. 1990s ultrasound exam for each and every pregnancy at around 20 weeks becomes standard part of western pregnancy ritual. New reproductive technologies: nrt: techniques that are used to facilitate conception or to control the quality of the fetuses that are produced. Pgd (pre-implantation genetic diagnosis) genetic testing on embryo. What is technology: not just a device; it is never neutral always has an effect, examples:
