John J. Wild | Ultrasound pioneer, 95
John J. Wild, 95, a research physician who invented a way to find tumors using ultrasound, a noninvasive technique that allowed doctors to spot breast cancer and to give expectant mothers their first glimpse of their unborn babies, died Sept. 18 of complications from a stroke in Edina, Minn.
John J. Wild, 95, a research physician who invented a way to find tumors using ultrasound, a noninvasive technique that allowed doctors to spot breast cancer and to give expectant mothers their first glimpse of their unborn babies, died Sept. 18 of complications from a stroke in Edina, Minn.
His work formed a foundation for modern ultrasonic scanners, which can be found in most clinics where breast-cancer screening is done.
Dr. Wild alone was named the 1991 winner of the Japan Prize, a world-renowned science award given by the Science and Technology Foundation of Japan. - Washington Post