60 Years of Medical Physics
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60 Years of Medical Physics
Published: Feb 09, 2019
Source: IOP
Find out moreA great article by Sidney B Osborn that is fascinating reading. Perhaps a quote from the article will encourage you to read it: 'This has been a personal reminiscence of the earlier days of Medical Physics which I would not wish to inflict it on any physicist today, although life was in some ways simpler then'. The article can be found on pages 22-41.
The definition of 'safe' is not strictly an engineering term; it's a societal term. Does it mean absolutely no loss of life? Does it mean absolutely no contamination with radiation? What exactly does 'safe' mean?