Brian Worthington
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Awards | RCR Gold Medal[1] |
Brian Worthington
Early career
From grammar school he won a scholarship to Guy's Hospital, where he won three major prizes in medicine and graduated with MB BS in medicine and BSc (Hons) in physiology.
MRI development
Although primarily a neuroradiologist, he was also interested in neuroimaging of the brain and when the University of Nottingham became a centre of early MRI development, it quickly became apparent that there was a need for accurate correlation of magnetic resonance images with anatomical structures and Worthington was considered to be the local expert.[5][3] Raymond Andrew's research group had published small novel cross sectional images of fruit and also a human wrist in the scientific journal Nature and it was with this group that he made his first clinical evaluations in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging.[6][3] When the research group scaled up to whole body imaging experiments, he was instrumental in the first evaluation study to be carried out on a series of patients with a variety of intracranial abnormalities.[7][8][9]
Following the disbandment of Andrew's group, he began a long collaboration and association with
Throughout his career his papers related to MRI, X-ray and CT (computed tomography) scanning, as well as medical imaging in general. As a radiologist he was interested in all forms of medical imaging and much of his work has been archived as part of the Manuscripts and Special Collections catalogue by the University of Nottingham.[11][12]
Personal life
Worthington was married with two sons. He had a great interest in the Icelandic language which he could speak quite well and when he retired, he took a part-time degree on the topic.[3]
Honours
During the course of his life, he received many awards.
- He was elected President of the British Institute of Radiology in 1988 and in 1990 was awarded the Gold Medal of the Society of Magnetic Resonance.[3]
- In 1998 he was elected Fellow of The Royal Society, the first radiologist to be admitted in its history and awarded the coveted Royal College of Radiologists Gold Medal for significant contribution in his field.[1]
Death
He became ill from pancreatic cancer and died in December 2007.[3]
References
- ^ a b "Gold Medal". Royal College of Radiologists. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
- ^ "The Radiological Society of North America Names Honorary Members". RSNA. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
- ^ ISSN 0080-4606.
- PMC 2666132.
- ^ "A Brief History of Magnetic Resonance at Nottingham". Retrieved January 18, 2021.
- PMID 647183.
- ISBN 978-0-19-966454-2.
- PMID 22101579.
- S2CID 672587.
- PMID 3719207.
- ^ Dorrington, Mark (December 18, 2018). "The MRI story in Nottingham – a unique archive in the making". University of Nottingham. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
- ^ "Papers of Professor Brian Worthington; 1930s-2013". Jisc. Retrieved January 18, 2021.