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John Cameron Quotes

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I am sure that I have been much more useful to society as a medical physicist.

Medical I Am Society More Sure Been

I am now almost certain that we need more radiation for better health.

Health I Am Better Now More Need

I have the satisfaction of knowing I did something useful for society.

Society Satisfaction Knowing Useful

Medical physics is an applied area of physics.

Medical Physics Applied Area

Most medical physicists work in the physics of radiation oncology making sure that the desired dose is given to the cancer and the dose to normal tissues are minimized.

Work Medical Physics Normal Cancer

Medical physicists work in cooperation with doctors. A few medical physicists devote their time to research and teaching. A few get involved with administrative duties.

Work Time Medical Research Get

Nuclear physics is interesting but it is unlikely to help society.

Society Interesting Help Physics

When I entered medical physics in 1958 there were fewer than 100 in the U.S. and I could see many opportunities to apply my knowledge of nuclear physics.

Knowledge Medical Opportunities See

I started the nuclear medicine laboratory at UW Hospitals in 1959 and trained radiology residents in the field. It was 1965 before they found a trained MD (doctor) to take over my role.

Doctor Medicine Over Started Role

When I entered the field in July 1958 I believed what they told me about radiation risks. I spent much effort reducing the dose to patients in radiology.

Risks Effort Me July Radiation Much

In 1970 I realized that there was negligible risk from x-rays but many radiographs had poor image quality so that the risk from a false negative was significant.

Quality Negative Poor Risk Image

We developed simple test tools to optimize imaging parameters. No company was interested in our idea.

Simple Tools Test Company Idea Our

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