1st Edition

Meandering in Medical Physics A personal account of hospital physics

By J.E Roberts Copyright 1999
198 Pages
by CRC Press

198 Pages
by CRC Press

When Professor J.E. Roberts was first employed at the then Cancer Hospital (Free) in 1932, the words medical and physics were rarely joined together. Meandering in Medical Physics presents an account of Professor Roberts's experiences in professional life, both in the United Kingdom and overseas. It documents the early history of medical physics and provides insight into the very basic equipment... Read more
Preface
A new profession
Setting out
Early days
New horizons
A growing business
Post-war explosion
Nuclear medicine
Professional peaks
Odd job man
Meandering overseas (I.C.R., 1934, and 1937)
Meandering overseas (North America)
Meandering overseas (far and wide)
Sabbatical interlude
Medical physics has arrived
Sitting down
Index

Biography

J.E Roberts

"… a fascinating fireside read."
-European Radiology