Posts Tagged ‘Conference’

Peer Review of Grants by AI?

Posted on: July 21st, 2023 by admin 2 Comments

It was 30 years ago, when I was a professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville […]

A Peek into the Future

Posted on: December 2nd, 2022 by admin 1 Comment

Eleven years ago, we reviewed the Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, by oncologist Dr Siddhartha Mukherjee (© […]

UK and SA Join Forces

Posted on: November 25th, 2022 by admin

Earlier this week, the United Kingdom hosted an official state visit by President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa, the first such visit […]

Matthew Effect Confirmed

Posted on: September 16th, 2022 by admin

In 1968, Robert Merton, professor of sociology at Columbia University, contributed an article to Science entitled “The Matthew Effect in Science.” His […]

Nobel Prize Controversies

Posted on: July 22nd, 2022 by admin

Over the years, there have been three medical imaging technologies whose developers have been awarded a Nobel Prize: X-rays (1901); […]

Ultrasound to the Fore

Posted on: January 14th, 2022 by admin

The online magazine AuntMinnie.com has just published a review article by Emily Hayes entitled “Ultrasound jostles for bigger role in screening dense breasts.” With […]

CT Turns 50

Posted on: October 8th, 2021 by admin 2 Comments

Fifty years ago on 1 October 1971, “Jamie Ambrose, a consultant radiologist at Atkinson Morley’s Hospital in Wimbledon, south London, made […]

Combination Imaging Re-visited

Posted on: April 30th, 2021 by admin

A week ago, the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) held its annual meeting in a virtual format. Researchers from the […]

Inspired by the Greeks

Posted on: March 12th, 2021 by admin

It was the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates who said, “I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.” He […]

A Revolution in X-ray Imaging

Posted on: March 5th, 2021 by admin

Two years ago, we made a bold prediction that in the near future, the majority of X-ray products sold in the market […]