Top 26 Quotes by John Cameron

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

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

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.

My main frustration is the fear of cancer from low dose radiation, even by radiologists.

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

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.

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.

There are now over 5,000 medical physicists in the U.S more than 50 times the number in 1958.

I am not unhappy that my contribution was not recognized. I am sure it helped my career.

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