College Park, MD (February 28, 2008) -- Many of the greatest inventions in modern medicine were developed by physicists who imported technologies such as X rays, nuclear magnetic resonance, ultrasound, particle accelerators and radioisotope tagging and detection techniques into the medical domain. There they became magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computerized tomography (CT) scanning, nuclear medicine, positron emission tomography (PET) scanning, and various radiotherapy treatment methods. These contributions have revolutionized medical techniques for imaging the human body and treating disease.

1) USING PARTICLE ACCELERATORS TO DEFEAT CANCER

2) BETTER DETECTION OF BREAST CANCER

3) MATTER/ANTIMATTER COLLISION IMAGING

4) ENSURING THE SAFETY OF PEOPLE WHO GET CT SCANS

5) MEDICAL PHYSICS MOMENTS IN HISTORY

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