While the Ultrasonics Institute and its collaborators dominated the earliest years of ultrasound development in Australia, a number of pioneering Australian clinicians were quick to recognise the potential of the new modality and decided to explore it for themselves. Notable amongst these were*:
  • Dr Ian McDonald (Melbourne, 1966)
  • Dr John McCaffrey (Brisbane, 1966)
  • Dr John Morrison (Brisbane, 1970)
  • Dr Jim Roche (Sydney, 1971)
  • Dr David Cooper (Brisbane, 1972)
  • Dr Don Aickin (Melbourne, 1972)
  • Dr John Stewart (Auckland, 1972)
  • Drs Dugdale and Wong (Melbourne, 1973)
  • Drs Cook, Furness and Verco (Adelaide, 1973)
  • Dr Stan Reid (Perth, 1973)
  • Drs Corrie, Taylor and Campbell (Hobart, 1973)
*information from: Diagnostic Ultrasound, Peter Verco, Australasian Radiology 1981; 25th Anniversary Issue 115-123.

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