John Cameron Quotes
"I don't display my plaques and honors. They are hidden behind a black curtain in my work room at home."
- John Cameron
(Related: Home, Work)
"I am sure that I have been much more useful to society as a medical physicist."
- John Cameron
(Related: Medical, Society)
"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."
- John Cameron
(Related: Medical, Work, Cancer, Physics)
"Medical physics is an applied area of physics."
- John Cameron
(Related: Medical, Physics)
"I have devoted much time and energy to helping medical physics in developing countries."
- John Cameron
(Related: Medical, Time, Countries, Energy, Physics)
"In some cases radiation reduces the incidence of cancer."
- John Cameron
(Related: Cancer)
"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."
- John Cameron
(Related: Hospitals, Medicine)
"I was the Chair of the first department of medical physics in a medical school in the U.S."
- John Cameron
(Related: Medical, First, Physics, School)
"I would not encourage everyone to take up this profession. Not everyone is suited for any particular field."
- John Cameron
(Related: Profession)
"When I entered the field in July 1958 I believed what they told me about radiation risks. I spent much effort reducing the dose to patients in radiology."
- John Cameron
(Related: Effort, July)
"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."
- John Cameron
(Related: Medical, Knowledge, Physics)
"We developed simple test tools to optimize imaging parameters. No company was interested in our idea."
- John Cameron
(Related: Idea, Company, Tools)
"Too many radiologists still believe there is a risk from a chest x-ray. Few radiologists can explain radiation to the patient in words the patient can understand."
- John Cameron
(Related: Risk, Words)
"There are now over 5,000 medical physicists in the U.S more than 50 times the number in 1958."
- John Cameron
(Related: Medical, Now)
"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."
- John Cameron
(Related: Medical, Technology, Growth, Job, Now, Physics, Today, Training)
"Nuclear physics is interesting but it is unlikely to help society."
- John Cameron
(Related: Society, Help, Physics)
"I found collaborating with congenial doctors about problems that physicists could help solve was very satisfying. I also like educating anybody who would listen!"
- John Cameron
(Related: Doctors, Help, Problems)
"My main frustration is the fear of cancer from low dose radiation, even by radiologists."
- John Cameron
(Related: Fear, Cancer, Frustration)
"It is likely that we need more radiation to improve our longevity."
- John Cameron
(Related: Longevity)
"If someone is interested in medicine and also in physics and they like working with people and communicate well with others, I would strongly encourage them."
- John Cameron
(Related: People, Medicine, Physics)
"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."
- John Cameron
(Related: Quality, Negative, Poor, Risk)
"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."
- John Cameron
(Related: Medical, Time, Work, Cooperation, Doctors, Research, Teaching)
"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."
- John Cameron
(Related: Imagination, Memory, Prizes, Research)
"I am now almost certain that we need more radiation for better health."
- John Cameron
(Related: Health, Now)
"I am not unhappy that my contribution was not recognized. I am sure it helped my career."
- John Cameron
(Related: Career)