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Brief histories of medical physics in Asia-Oceania

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2015-09-29

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Review

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18795447
01589938

DOI

10.1007/s13246-015-0342-9

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2-s2.0-84942367189

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Mahidol University

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Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine. Vol.38, No.3 (2015), 381-398

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W. H. Round, S. Jafari, T. Kron, H. A. Azhari, S. Chhom, Y. Hu, G. F. Mauldon, K. Y. Cheung, T. Kuppusamy, S. A. Pawiro, L. E. Lubis, D. S. Soejoko, F. Haryanto, M. Endo, Y. Han, T. S. Suh, K. H. Ng, A. Luvsan-Ish, S. O. Maung, P. P. Chaurasia, S. M.A. Jafri, S. Farrukh, A. Peralta, H. J. Toh, S. Sarasanandarajah, A. C. Shiau, A. Krisanachinda, S. Suriyapee, S. Vinijsorn, T. C. Nguyen Brief histories of medical physics in Asia-Oceania. Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine. Vol.38, No.3 (2015), 381-398. doi:10.1007/s13246-015-0342-9 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/35380

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Brief histories of medical physics in Asia-Oceania

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W. H. Round
 S. Jafari
 T. Kron
 H. A. Azhari
 S. Chhom
 Y. Hu
 G. F. Mauldon
 K. Y. Cheung
 T. Kuppusamy
 S. A. Pawiro
 L. E. Lubis
 D. S. Soejoko
 F. Haryanto
 M. Endo
 Y. Han
 T. S. Suh
 K. H. Ng
 A. Luvsan-Ish
 S. O. Maung
 P. P. Chaurasia
 S. M.A. Jafri
 S. Farrukh
 A. Peralta
 H. J. Toh
 S. Sarasanandarajah
 A. C. Shiau
 A. Krisanachinda
 S. Suriyapee
 S. Vinijsorn
 T. C. Nguyen

Other Contributor(s)

University of Waikato
 Kabul Medical University
 Peter Maccallum Cancer Centre
 Gono Bishwabidyalay
 Calmette Hospital
 Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences
 Queen Elizabeth Hospital Hong Kong
 Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital
 Dr. Kamakshi Memorial Hospital
 Universitas Indonesia
 SAGA HIMAT Foundation
 SungKyunKwan University, School of Medicine
 The Catholic University of Korea
 University of Malaya Medical Centre
 Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences
 Yangon General Hospital
 B.P. Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital
 Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan
 Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi
 Department of Health Manila
 Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre
 Koo Foundation Sun Yat-Sen Cancer Center Taiwan
 Chulalongkorn University
 Mahidol University
 Choray Hospital

Abstract

© 2015, Australasian College of Physical Scientists and Engineers in Medicine. The history of medical physics in Asia-Oceania goes back to the late nineteenth century when X-ray imaging was introduced, although medical physicists were not appointed until much later. Medical physics developed very quickly in some countries, but in others the socio-economic situation as such prevented it being established for many years. In others, the political situation and war has impeded its development. In many countries their medical physics history has not been well recorded and there is a danger that it will be lost to future generations. In this paper, brief histories of the development of medical physics in most countries in Asia-Oceania are presented by a large number of authors to serve as a record. The histories are necessarily brief; otherwise the paper would quickly turn into a book of hundreds of pages. The emphasis in each history as recorded here varies as the focus and culture of the countries as well as the length of their histories varies considerably.

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Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
 Engineering
 Medicine

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