Brief histories of medical physics in Asia-Oceania

Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 381-398

  Round, W H ^a   Jafari, S ^b   Kron, T ^c   Azhari, H A ^d   Chhom, S ^e   Hu, Y ^f   Mauldon, G F ^g   Cheung, K Y ^h   Kuppusamy, T ⁱ   Pawiro, S A ^j   Lubis, L E ^j   Soejoko, D S ^j   Haryanto, F ^j   Endo, M ^k   Han, Y ^l   Suh, T S ^m   Ng, K H ⁿ   Luvsan Ish, A ^o   Maung, S O ^p   Chaurasia, P P ^q   Jafri, S M A ^r   Farrukh, S ^s   Peralta, A ^t   Toh, H J ^u   Sarasanandarajah, S ^c   Shiau, A C ^v   Krisanachinda, A ^w   Suriyapee, S ^w   Vinijsorn, S ^x   Nguyen, T C ^y   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b Kabul Medical University   (Afghanistan)

^c PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^d Gono University   (Bangladesh)

^e Calmette Hospital   (Cambodia)

^f CANCER HOSPITAL   (China)

^g QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^h HONG KONG SANATORIUM AND HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

ⁱ Dr Kamakshi Memorial Hospital   (India)

^j UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^k Saga HIMAT Foundation   (Japan)

^l Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^m The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

^o MONGOLIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Mongolia)

^p Yangon General Hospital   (Myanmar)

^q BP Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital   (Nepal)

^r Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority(PNRA)   (Pakistan)

^s JINNAH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^t DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Philippines)

^u MOUNT ELIZABETH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Singapore)

^v KOO FOUNDATION SUN YAT SEN CANCER CENTER   (Taiwan)

^w CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^x MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^y Choray Hospital   (Viet Nam)

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Author keywords

History; Hospital physics; Medical physics; Medical technology

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; HISTORY; MEDICAL IMAGING;

FUTURE GENERATIONS; MEDICAL PHYSICISTS; MEDICAL PHYSICS; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; XRAY IMAGING;

BIOPHYSICS;

AFGHANISTAN; AUSTRALIA; B SCAN; BANGLADESH; CAMBODIA; CHINA; CULTURAL FACTOR; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INDIA; INDONESIA; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; JAPAN; KOREA; MALAYSIA; MEDICAL PHYSICS; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MONGOLIA; NEPAL; NEW ZEALAND; ONLINE SYSTEM; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PAKISTAN; PHILIPPINES; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; SRI LANKA; TAIWAN; THAILAND; VIET NAM; X RAY; ASIA; BIOPHYSICS; HISTORY;

ASIA; BIOPHYSICS; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; OCEANIA;

EID: 84942367189     PISSN: 01589938     EISSN: 18795447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13246-015-0342-9     Document Type: Review

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