Odd Helge Gilja’s summary of the published DUDS obituary of Hans Henrik Holm 16.9.1931–24.7.2016

The EFSUMB Honorary member Hans Henrik Holm (HHH) and the founder of the Danish Ultrasound Diagnostic Society (DUDS) passed away at the age of 84. HHH’s importance to both Danish and international ultrasound imaging simply cannot be overstated. Even his nicknames “The father of interventional ultrasound” and “The father of Danish ultrasound” speaks for the greatness of his achievements. HHH graduated from Copenhagen University in 1958. As a resident in the department of urology at Gentofte Hospital in the beginning of the 60’s his vision for ultrasound was recognized early. HHH established a laboratory of ultrasound with a dedicated group of other young residents at the hospital. No B-mode scanners were commercially available at that time, so HHH had to build one. HHH did the first ultrasound image guided puncture of a renal cyst and he named the technique ‘2-D static scanning puncture.’ The procedure was filmed and presented at the AIUM meeting in USA in 1970 intervention. Other achievements were a transurethral ultrasound scanner in 1973 and presentation of the real-time ultrasound guided puncture technique using a linear array transducer in 1974. In February 1974, the Danish Society of Diagnostic Ultrasound was founded and HHH was elected as its first president.