On Friday 6 January 1956, Allan Cormack arrived for work at Groote Schuur Hospital, having been appointed as part-time nuclear physicist, spending […]
Posts Tagged ‘Allan Cormack’
Celebrating BME@50
Yesterday marked an important milestone for the field of biomedical engineering (BME) in Cape Town as it celebrated its 50th […]
What a Great Idea!
Not too many people know that the world’s first digital laser was invented in South Africa, or that in the 1980s two […]
Anatomy of a Biography
When Allan MacLeod Cormack, joint winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1979 for “the development of computer assisted tomography” passed […]
First Laugh, Then Think
It’s that time of year again when we anxiously wait to learn who will be awarded a Nobel Prize for […]
CapeTalk Features CapeRay
The first rule of marketing is to grab every opportunity that comes along to promote your company and its brand. […]
The Forgotten Man of X-rays
Three Nobel Prizes have been awarded in medical imaging: for computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and X-rays. When […]
Return to Groote Schuur
Nestled in the shadow of Table Mountain Groote Schuur Hospital takes its name from the estate bequeathed by Cecil Rhodes to […]
Our New Website Goes Live
In August 2010 the original CapeRay website was launched and it has served us well over the past four years. However, […]
Waiting for a Call from Stockholm
You’re kidding! I’ve won a Nobel Prize? It was Thursday morning 11 October 1979 in Winchester, Massachusetts, when Allan Cormack ignored his alarm […]