It was 30 years ago, when I was a professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville […]
Posts Tagged ‘Conference’
A Peek into the Future
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
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
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
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
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
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
A week ago, the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) held its annual meeting in a virtual format. Researchers from the […]
Inspired by the Greeks
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
Two years ago, we made a bold prediction that in the near future, the majority of X-ray products sold in the market […]