John Cameron Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I was the Chair of the first department of medical physics in a medical school in the U.S.”

“In some cases radiation reduces the incidence of cancer.”

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

“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.”

“Many Nobel Prizes are awaiting good research to understand and explain the many mysteries of our bodies, such as the basic mechanism of memory or imagination.”

“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.”

“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.”

“The growth of technology is such that it is not possible today for a nuclear physicist to switch into medical physics without training. The field is now much more technical. More training is needed to do the job.”

“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.”

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