History of digital radiology at the University of Arizona

M. Paul Capp; Hans Roehrig; Elizabeth A. Krupinski

doi:10.1117/12.2064798

5 September 2014 History of digital radiology at the University of Arizona

M. Paul Capp, Hans Roehrig, Elizabeth A. Krupinski

Proceedings Volume 9186, Fifty Years of Optical Sciences at The University of Arizona; 91860I (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2064798
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2014, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

In the early 60s, the Arizona Board of Regents recruited a national committee, all outside the state of Arizona, and asked them two questions: 1. Is it time for the state of Arizona to begin its first medical school? 2. If affirmative, where should the medical school be located? The committee spent two years evaluating the question and returned the following answers: 1. Yes, the state has the population and resources to begin its first medical school. 2. It should be located at the University of Arizona in Tucson. The primary reason for recommending the U of A was its strong base and commitment to research. To avoid state politics the Arizona Board of Regents had previously decided to accept whatever recommendations came from the neutral national committee and these, word for word, would be sent to the state legislature. There was much political discussion. The legislature finally affirmed the recommendations of the board of regents and the medical school was then located at the U of A.

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M. Paul Capp, Hans Roehrig, and Elizabeth A. Krupinski "History of digital radiology at the University of Arizona", Proc. SPIE 9186, Fifty Years of Optical Sciences at The University of Arizona, 91860I (5 September 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2064798

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