 There are now over 5,000 medical physicists in the U.S more than 50 times the number in 1958. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| I would not encourage everyone to take up this profession. Not everyone is suited for any particular field. |
| I found collaborating with congenial doctors about problems that physicists could help solve was very satisfying. I also like educating anybody who would listen! |
