Peter Neil Temple Wells (19 May 1936 in Bristol, England – 22 April 2017)[2] was a British medical physicist who played a major role in the application of ultrasound technology in medicine.[3][4][5]
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| Born | Peter Neil Temple Wells 19 May 1936 Bristol, England |
| Died | 22 April 2017 (aged 80) |
| Education | Aston University |
| Occupation | Academic researcher |
| Known for | Ultrasound |
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| Fields | Electrical engineering Medical physics |
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| Website | www |
Education
editWells was educated at Birmingham College of Advanced Technology[4] and the University of Bristol where he was awarded his PhD in 1966.[4]
Career and research
editWells has made a number of notable contributions to the application of engineering and physics in medicine. He is the originator and developer of instruments for ultrasonic surgery and ultrasonic power measurement, as well as the two-dimensional, articulated-arm ultrasonic general purpose scanner and the water-immersion ultrasonic breast scanner.[6]
He demonstrated ultrasonic-pulsed Doppler range gating, and was the discoverer of the ultrasonic Doppler signal characteristic of malignant tumour neovascularisation. He investigated ultrasonic bioeffects and formulated ultrasonic safety guidelines and conditions for prudent use of ultrasonic diagnosis.[6]
Wells has led multidisciplinary studies of ultrasonic diagnosis and made major contributions to the advancement of light transmission, electrical impedance and nuclear magnetic resonance imaging, as well as to interventional telepresence. He also proposed a novel philosophy of medical imaging. In the early part of the 21st century, he was developing ultrasonic Doppler and phase-insensitive tomography.[6]
Honours and awards
edit- 1983 Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering[1]
- 2003 Fellow of the Royal Society[6][7]
- 2006 Duddell Medal and Prize[8]
- 2009 Appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours.[9]
- Founding Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales[citation needed]
- 2013 Royal Medal from the Royal Society[10]
- 2014 Sir Frank Whittle Medal
References
edit- ^ a b "List of Fellows". raeng.org.uk. London: Royal Academy of Engineering. Archived from the original on 8 June 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
- ^ Professor Peter Wells CBE (1936 – 2017)
- ^ "Wells Biography at obstetric ultrasound website". ob-ultrasound.net.
- ^ a b c "WELLS, Prof. Peter Neil Temple". Who's Who. Vol. 2004 (online Oxford University Press ed.). Oxford: A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Professor Peter Wells
- ^ a b c d Anon (2003). "Professor Peter Wells CBE FMedSci FREng FRS". royalsociety.org. London: Royal Society. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where:
“All text published under the heading 'Biography' on Fellow profile pages is available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.” --"Royal Society Terms, conditions and policies". Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Thomas, Hywel R. (2019). "Peter Neil Temple Wells CBE. 19 May 1936—22 April 2017". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 66: 463–477. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2018.0022.
- ^ "Duddell award winners". iop.org. Institute of Physics.
- ^ "No. 58929". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2008. p. 8.
- ^ "Royal Medal". Royal Society. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
External links
edit- Peter Wells on the History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group website