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Ultrasound in Med. & Biol. Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. I-2, 1991 Printed in the U.S.A.
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OAward ULTRASOUND
IN MEDICINE
AND BIOLOGY
PRIZE
The Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology Prize which is given annually to the authors of a paper published in the journal and judged by members of the Publications Committee of the World Federation to be the most innovative and of the highest scientific quality has been made to Andrew J. Coleman and John E. Saunders for their paper titled "A survey of the acoustic output of commercial extracorporeal shock wave lithotripters" from pages 213-227 of Volume 15. The biographies of the authors are given below.
AndrewJ. Coleman
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES Andrew J. Coleman, Ph.D., was born in England in 1956. He graduated from Durham University in 1977 with a B.Sc. in Physics and received his M.Sc. in Radiation Physics in 1978 and his Ph.D. in 1983 from the University of London.
Dr. Coleman first started work in medical physics in 1978 at the Middlesex Hospital Medical School in London as research assistant under Dr. Robert Speller and carried out radiation survey and image quality assurance work on the early clinical computed tomography (CT) scanners for EMI Medical Ltd. He joined the Medical Physics Department of St.
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Thomas' Hospital, London, in 1980 working in diagnostic radiology while studying for his Ph.D. under Dr. Speller. The thesis work involved the practical and theoretical aspects of adapting the EMI 5005 CT scanner to perform single scan dual energy imaging and beam hardening correction. After completing his Ph.D., Dr. Coleman continued at St. Thomas' Hospital maintaining research interests in the fields of CT and digital vascular imaging while carrying out radiotherapy treatment planning duties. With the arrival at St. Thomas' Lithotripsy Centre of a Dornier extracorporeal shock wave lithotripter in 1985, Dr. Coleman and Mr. John Saunders carried out commissioning work including acoustic field measurements on the lithotripter with the support of the Acoustics Division of the National Physical Laboratory. This work was extended to other commercial lithotripters as they became more widely available throughout Europe and formed the basis for the first published survey of the acoustic output of commercial shock wave lithotripters. With additional funding from the Medical Research Council, Department of Health and the Special Trustees for St. Thomas' Hospital, Dr. Coleman has continued to work on the measurement problems associated with the high pressure fields of lithotripters and has developed an experimental electrohydraulic shock wave generator to allow the field of a clinical lithotripter to be simulated under well-controlled laboratory conditions. This device has been used in several studies of hydrophone measurement problems associated with shock wave fields. Current research interests include the construction of an electromagnetic shock wave source, theoretical modeling of shock wave fields and experimental study of the acoustic field parameters which influence the degree of acoustic cavitation generated by lithotripters. Dr. Coleman is at present a Principal Physicist at St. Thomas' Hospital. John E. Saunders was born in England in 1940
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and received an honors degree in Physics from the University of Bristol in 1962. Following this, he immediately entered a career in Medical Physics, starting at Mount Vernon Hospital near London. In 1953, Mr. Saunders moved to Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, where he worked as Senior Physicist for the Ontario Cancer Treatment & Research Foundation. During this period in Canada, his main interests were in the fields of ionising radiation dosimetry and computing applied to the treatment of cancer patients by radiotherapy. This work included the commissioning of the first linear accelerator for routine therapy in Canada. Returning to England in 1973 as Principal Physicist at St. Thomas' Hospital in London, Mr. Saunders continued his career in radiotherapy physics. This included work on the design and the commissioning of a new radiotherapy department at St. Thomas' in 1977. Other interests in radiation physics included computed tomography and radiation protection. In 1980, Mr. Saunders was appointed as Director of Radiotherapy Physics for the South East London Radiotherapy Centre which also included Guy's and King's College Hospitals. In 1987, he was also appointed as Head of Medical Physics at St. Thomas' Hospital and currently is heavily involved in a positron emission tomography project. Mr. Saunders' interest in lithotripsy began in 1983 when St. Thomas' Hospital drew up plans to install one of the first lithotripters in the U.K. and he was asked to supervise the scientific and technical aspects of this program. The Dornier HM3 lithotripter was installed in 1985 and work was immediately started to measure its acoustic field since little data was available from the manufacturers or elsewhere at that time. Mr. Saunders continues his interest in lithotripsy with support for several research projects in the Medical Physics Department as well as providing physics support for a second clinical lithotripter in the Hospital.
0301-5629/91 $3.00 + .00 (c) 1991 Pergamon Press plc
OAward ULTRASOUND
IN MEDICINE
AND BIOLOGY
PRIZE
The Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology Prize which is given annually to the authors of a paper published in the journal and judged by members of the Publications Committee of the World Federation to be the most innovative and of the highest scientific quality has been made to Andrew J. Coleman and John E. Saunders for their paper titled "A survey of the acoustic output of commercial extracorporeal shock wave lithotripters" from pages 213-227 of Volume 15. The biographies of the authors are given below.
AndrewJ. Coleman
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES Andrew J. Coleman, Ph.D., was born in England in 1956. He graduated from Durham University in 1977 with a B.Sc. in Physics and received his M.Sc. in Radiation Physics in 1978 and his Ph.D. in 1983 from the University of London.
Dr. Coleman first started work in medical physics in 1978 at the Middlesex Hospital Medical School in London as research assistant under Dr. Robert Speller and carried out radiation survey and image quality assurance work on the early clinical computed tomography (CT) scanners for EMI Medical Ltd. He joined the Medical Physics Department of St.
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Thomas' Hospital, London, in 1980 working in diagnostic radiology while studying for his Ph.D. under Dr. Speller. The thesis work involved the practical and theoretical aspects of adapting the EMI 5005 CT scanner to perform single scan dual energy imaging and beam hardening correction. After completing his Ph.D., Dr. Coleman continued at St. Thomas' Hospital maintaining research interests in the fields of CT and digital vascular imaging while carrying out radiotherapy treatment planning duties. With the arrival at St. Thomas' Lithotripsy Centre of a Dornier extracorporeal shock wave lithotripter in 1985, Dr. Coleman and Mr. John Saunders carried out commissioning work including acoustic field measurements on the lithotripter with the support of the Acoustics Division of the National Physical Laboratory. This work was extended to other commercial lithotripters as they became more widely available throughout Europe and formed the basis for the first published survey of the acoustic output of commercial shock wave lithotripters. With additional funding from the Medical Research Council, Department of Health and the Special Trustees for St. Thomas' Hospital, Dr. Coleman has continued to work on the measurement problems associated with the high pressure fields of lithotripters and has developed an experimental electrohydraulic shock wave generator to allow the field of a clinical lithotripter to be simulated under well-controlled laboratory conditions. This device has been used in several studies of hydrophone measurement problems associated with shock wave fields. Current research interests include the construction of an electromagnetic shock wave source, theoretical modeling of shock wave fields and experimental study of the acoustic field parameters which influence the degree of acoustic cavitation generated by lithotripters. Dr. Coleman is at present a Principal Physicist at St. Thomas' Hospital. John E. Saunders was born in England in 1940
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and received an honors degree in Physics from the University of Bristol in 1962. Following this, he immediately entered a career in Medical Physics, starting at Mount Vernon Hospital near London. In 1953, Mr. Saunders moved to Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, where he worked as Senior Physicist for the Ontario Cancer Treatment & Research Foundation. During this period in Canada, his main interests were in the fields of ionising radiation dosimetry and computing applied to the treatment of cancer patients by radiotherapy. This work included the commissioning of the first linear accelerator for routine therapy in Canada. Returning to England in 1973 as Principal Physicist at St. Thomas' Hospital in London, Mr. Saunders continued his career in radiotherapy physics. This included work on the design and the commissioning of a new radiotherapy department at St. Thomas' in 1977. Other interests in radiation physics included computed tomography and radiation protection. In 1980, Mr. Saunders was appointed as Director of Radiotherapy Physics for the South East London Radiotherapy Centre which also included Guy's and King's College Hospitals. In 1987, he was also appointed as Head of Medical Physics at St. Thomas' Hospital and currently is heavily involved in a positron emission tomography project. Mr. Saunders' interest in lithotripsy began in 1983 when St. Thomas' Hospital drew up plans to install one of the first lithotripters in the U.K. and he was asked to supervise the scientific and technical aspects of this program. The Dornier HM3 lithotripter was installed in 1985 and work was immediately started to measure its acoustic field since little data was available from the manufacturers or elsewhere at that time. Mr. Saunders continues his interest in lithotripsy with support for several research projects in the Medical Physics Department as well as providing physics support for a second clinical lithotripter in the Hospital.