John J. Wild | |
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Born | August 11, 1914 Kent, England |
Died | September 18, 2009 (aged 95) Edina, Minnesota, U.S. |
Education | University of Cambridge |
Awards | Japan Prize |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Medicine |
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]