Sonographer In The Making

From War to Womb

The same technology, two completely different stories. Drag the slider to see how sound waves went from hunting submarines to checking on babies.

1915 - Detecting submarines
Today - Checking on babies
Same technology. Different purpose. The sound waves that once hunted submarines now help us watch a heartbeat in the womb. Both use high-frequency sound pulses and their returning echoes to build a picture of what cannot be seen directly. One was built for war. The other was adapted to bring families peace of mind. That is the journey of ultrasound.