Tom Brown (engineer)

Tom Brown
Tom Brown. Inventor of medical ultrasound. Taken in 1960's.
Born(1933-04-10)10 April 1933
Died(2019-12-13)13 December 2019
NationalityScottish, British
Known forDeveloping obstetric ultrasound
Scientific career
FieldsIndustrial design, Medical Ultrasound
InstitutionsKelvin & Hughes Ltd, University of Glasgow, Honeywell

Thomas Graham Brown (10 April 1933 in Glasgow – 13 December 2019) was a Scottish engineer who was most notable for collaborating in the design of the first medical ultrasound machine along with the obstetrician and designer Ian Donald, a physician at the University of Glasgow and industrial designer and obstetrician John MacVicar.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Thomas Graham Brown". The Scottish Engineering Hall of Fame. The Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Imaging the fetus – the history of obstetric ultrasound". University of Glasgow. Glasgow University News. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2019.