The history of neuroradiology: An Australian perspective

Abstract

SUMMARY This paper highlights the contributions of certain individuals working in Australia to the development of neuroradiology.

John Bryant Curtis: Neurosurgeon, leader and mentor

“…While a Nuffield Dominion Scholar in Surgery at Oxford, he visited Norway with James Bull to learn the technique from Engeset. 2 In his original paper in 1951, 3 Curtis reported the Oxford experience of 720 cerebral angiograms performed by direct percutaneous puncture. This article was published in the British Journal of Surgery and was acknowledged as the definitive article in the British literature describing the scope of percutaneous carotid angiography.…”