John J. Wild

John J. Wild
BornAugust 11, 1914
Kent, England
DiedSeptember 18, 2009 (aged 95)
EducationUniversity of Cambridge
AwardsJapan Prize
Scientific career
FieldsMedicine

John Julian Cuttance Wild (August 11, 1914 – September 18, 2009) was an English-born American physician who was part of the first group to use ultrasound for body imaging, most notably for diagnosing cancer. Modern ultrasonic diagnostic medical scans are descendants of the equipment Wild and his colleagues developed in the 1950s. He has been described as the "father of medical ultrasound".[1]

  1. ^ Watts, Geof (Oct 2009). "John Wild: Inventor of diagnostic ultrasound in medicine". BMJ. 339 (339): b4428. doi:10.1136/bmj.b4428. S2CID 220114494.