Peter Wells (medical physicist) explained

Peter Wells
Birth Name:Peter Neil Temple Wells
Birth Date:19 May 1936
Birth Place:Bristol, England
Occupation:Academic researcher
Fields:Electrical engineering
Medical physics
Known For:Ultrasound
Education:Aston University

Peter Neil Temple Wells CBE DSc FMedSci FREng[1] FIET FInstP FLSW FRS (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]

Education

Wells was educated at Birmingham College of Advanced Technology and the University of Bristol where he was awarded his PhD in 1966.

Career and research

Wells 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.

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.

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.

Honours and awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: List of Fellows. Royal Academy of Engineering. London. raeng.org.uk. 24 October 2014. 8 June 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160608094405/http://www.raeng.org.uk/about-us/people-council-committees/the-fellowship/list-of-fellows. dead.
  2. http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/734859-professor-peter-wells-cbe-1936-2017 Professor Peter Wells CBE (1936 – 2017)
  3. Web site: Wells Biography at obstetric ultrasound website. ob-ultrasound.net.
  4. https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-daily-telegraph/20170711/282312500107595 Professor Peter Wells
  5. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20151117113234/https://royalsociety.org/people/peter-wells-12509/. 2015-11-17. Professor Peter Wells CBE FMedSci FREng FRS. Royal Society. London. Anon. 2003. royalsociety.org. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where:
  6. 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. 10.1098/rsbm.2018.0022. free.
  7. Web site: Duddell award winners. Institute of Physics. iop.org.
  8. Web site: Royal Medal. Royal Society. 2013-09-12.