The European Journal of Radiology has just published a paper by two Boston radiologists, Michael Fishman and Madan Rehani, entitled “Monochromatic X-rays: […]
Posts Tagged ‘Patent’
Another Breakthrough from SA
Last Friday, we highlighted the contribution of two South Africans – Jamie Ambrose and Allan Cormack – to the development of computer […]
Ten Years … and Counting
Ten years ago, on 15 August 2011, we posted a blog on our website entitled “To screen or not to screen? That […]
The DBT Pioneers
Digital breast tomosynthesis – DBT – has its origins in Holland in the 1930s when the neuroradiologist and electrical engineer George Ziedses […]
Mothers of Invention
We are all familiar with the proverb, “Necessity is the mother of invention,” the origins of which are attributed to Aesop’s Fables […]
Combination Imaging Re-visited
A week ago, the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) held its annual meeting in a virtual format. Researchers from the […]
Vaccines for Breast Cancer
For the past few weeks, there has been understandable excitement that vaccines to inoculate people against the Covid-19 virus have […]
And the Winner is …
James Dyson is the inventor of the bagless vacuum cleaner and other consumer products, including the Airblade hand dryer, an ultrasonic humidifier […]
Professor and Entrepreneur
Twenty years ago, I published a commentary entitled “The professor as entrepreneur” in which I reflected on my decade as an academic […]
CapeRay Awarded a UK Patent
Cape Town, South Africa, 12 June 2020. CapeRay is pleased to announce the award of a UK Patent (GB2566942) entitled, […]