Pioneers and Archives

Physical Sciences

and Engineering

in Medicine

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This Pioneer and Archive section is an important part of the website.

It acknowledges those from the past who provided significant Australian and New Zealand contributions to Better Healthcare Technology for the patient’s welfare.

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The Pioneers of Healthcare Technology

Australian and New Zealand physicists, engineers, and other scientists have a proud history as International leaders in the development of better healthcare technology for patients.

To read about the achievements of some of our healthcare technology pioneers, click on one of the following:

Contents:

Past Pioneers

Historic Articles

Video Archives

Past Pioneers

Richard Bates DSc: Diagnostic Imaging and Education

Bates: A grateful student’s viewpoint

Alun Beddoe PhD DSc: Medical Physics and Nuclear Medicine

John Leo Black DSc: Medical Technology and Physics

Kenneth Clarke MSc, Foundation ACPSEM President and Medical Physics

Jack Jellins AM PhD (Hon)MD: Medical Ultrasound and Education

Vera Page Last B.Sc., Medical Physics and Radiotherapy

Lyn Oliver AM PhD: Medical Physics and Radiation Protection

David Robinson AM DSc: Ultrasound and Research

Robert W Stanford MA: Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering

Jack Tait MSc: Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering

Laurie Wilson PhD: Ultrasound and Telehealth

Boyce Worthley MSc: Radiation Dosimetry and Radiotherapy

John Patterson (left), University of Adelaide, Alun Beddoe (centre), Chief Physicist, Royal Adelaide, and the late David Paix (right), University of SA, at the launching of the MSc (Medical Physics) course in 1992.

Boyce Worthley, Don Haskard, Ralph Nicholls, John Tooze and the original locally built free-in-air ionisation chamber used for calibrating portable secondary standard dose meters.

Dr Laurie Wilson developing clinical ultrasound techniques during the early ’80s.

Watch for more pioneers published here as the website grows. So, please keep in touch.

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The History of Healthcare Technology

This section provides a historical archive of how modern healthcare technology evolved. It also provides a valuable perspective on how good modern medical care is today compared to past years.