Coman I M
Iliescu Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Bucharest, Romania.
Eur J Echocardiogr. 2005 Jan;6(1):7-10. doi: 10.1016/j.euje.2004.06.004.
Reminding the life and legacy of the Austrian Scientist who discovered the famous 'Doppler Effect'.
C.A. Doppler was born the 29th of November 1803 in Salzburg. After studies in Linz and Vienna, he graduated in mathematics, became assistant at the University and later worked as a professor in Prague. Back to Vienna, he was appointed as professor at the Polytechnic School and --in 1850--as first director of the new Institute of Physics. C.A. Doppler did publish on magnetism, electricity, optics, and astronomy. He remains in the history of science due to the discovery presented (May 25, 1842) at the Royal Bohemian Society of Science entitled "On the colored light of the double stars and certain other stars of the heavens"; the paper described (applied to light) the shift of frequency which bears nowadays his name. The theory was later experimentally proven and--extended for any electromagnetic and acoustic waves--got myriads if applications in astronomy, physics, aviation, meteorology, and health science. Satomura in Japan (1955) published it's first ultrasound vascular application--with successive achievements in the next decades.
Doppler ultrasonagraphy became the main noninvasive instrument for functional assesment of heart and vessels.
缅怀发现著名“多普勒效应”的奥地利科学家的生平与功绩。
克里斯琴·安德烈亚斯·多普勒于1803年11月29日出生在萨尔茨堡。在林茨和维也纳求学后，他毕业于数学系，成为大学助理，后来在布拉格担任教授。回到维也纳后，他被任命为理工学校教授，并于1850年成为新成立的物理研究所的第一任所长。克里斯琴·安德烈亚斯·多普勒在磁性、电学、光学和天文学领域都有著作发表。他在科学史上留名是因为1842年5月25日在皇家波希米亚科学协会上发表的一篇名为《关于双星及其他某些天体的彩色光》的论文；该论文描述了（应用于光的）频率变化，如今这一变化以他的名字命名。这一理论后来得到了实验验证，并（扩展到任何电磁波和声波）在天文学、物理学、航空学、气象学和健康科学等领域有了无数应用。日本的佐藤（1955年）发表了第一篇超声血管应用论文，在接下来的几十年里取得了一系列成果。
多普勒超声成像成为心脏和血管功能评估的主要无创检查手段。
