John G. Trump
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American engineer and physicist
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John G. Trump's Degrees
- Masters Physics Columbia University
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, John George Trump was an American electrical engineer, inventor, and physicist. A professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1936 to 1973, he was a recipient of the National Medal of Science and a member of the National Academy of Engineering. Trump was noted for developing rotational radiation therapy. Together with Robert J. Van de Graaff, he developed one of the first million-volt X-ray generators.
John G. Trump's Published Works
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Published Works
- High energy electrons for the treatment of extensive superficial malignant lesions. (1953) (104)
- The Insulation of High Voltages in Vacuum (1947) (102)
- Back‐Scattering of Megavolt Electrons from Thick Targets (1962) (77)
- Irradiation of Biological Materials by High Energy Roentgen Rays and Cathode Rays (1948) (65)
- Sterilization of preserved bone grafts by high-voltage cathode irradiation. (1956) (56)
- Free Conducting Particles in a Coaxial Compressed-Gas-Insulated System (1970) (55)
- Distribution of Ionization in Materials Irradiated by Two and Three Million‐Volt Cathode Rays (1950) (52)
- Insulation of High Voltage Across Solid Insulators in Vacuum (1965) (49)
- The Secondary Emission of Electrons by High Energy Electrons (1949) (48)
- Role of Positive Ions in High‐Voltage Breakdown in Vacuum (1955) (38)
- Electron Emission from Metals under High‐Energy Hydrogen Ion Bombardment (1954) (36)
- Post-Type Support Spacers for Compressed Gas-Insulated Cables (1973) (35)
- Ten year experience with low megavolt ellectron therapy. (1962) (34)
- Effect of High Voltage Electrical Discharges on Sulfur Hexafluoride (1949) (29)
- Management of Lymphoma Cutis with Low Megavolt Electron Beam Therapy: Nine Year Follow‐Up in 200 Cases (1961) (29)
- Synchronous field shaping and protection in 2-million-volt rotational therapy. (1961) (28)
- REVIEW ARTICLES: Electrostatic generators for the acceleration of charged particles (1947) (26)
- A Compact Pressure-Insulated Electrostatic X-Ray Generator (1939) (23)
- Disinfection of sewage wastewater and sludge by electron treatment (1984) (22)
- Generating Voltmeter for Pressure‐Insulated High Voltage Sources (1940) (21)
- Cathode ray treatment for lymphomas involving the skin. (1953) (20)
- Present-day treatment of pituitary adenomas; surgery versus x-ray therapy. (1955) (20)
- Electrostatic sources of electric power (1947) (18)
- Influence of electrodes on D-C breakdown in gases at high pressure (1950) (17)
- Secondary Electron Emission from Metals under Positive Ion Bombardment in High Extractive Fields (1952) (16)
- Design of a Million‐Volt X‐Ray Generator for Cancer Treatment and Research (1937) (16)
- D-C breakdown strength of air and of Freon in a uniform field at high pressures (1941) (16)
- Field Shaping and Selective Protection in Megavolt Radiation Therapy (1959) (16)
- New Developments in High Voltage Technology (1967) (16)
- Operating Parameters of Compressed-Gas-Insulated Transmission Lines (1969) (15)
- Efficient deep tumor irradiation with Roentgen rays of several million volts. (1947) (14)
- Physical and clinical aspects of supervoltage rotational therapy. (1951) (14)
- Two million volt roentgen therapy using rotation. (1951) (13)
- Vacuum electrostatic engineering (1933) (13)
- The film method of tissue dose studies with 2.0 mev. roentgen rays. (1954) (13)
- The Treatment of Carcinoma of the Esophagus and Cardia by Resection and Postoperative Supervoltage Roentgen Rays (1953) (13)
- Physical basis for the high skin tolerance of supervoltage roentgen rays. (1948) (12)
- Electron beam therapy of widespread superficial malignant lesions. (1959) (12)
- Treatment of tumors of the pelvic cavity with supervoltage radiation. (1954) (12)
- High-voltage D-C flashover of solid insulators in compressed nitrogen (1941) (12)
- Physical aspects of megavolt electron therapy. (1956) (12)
- Barium Absorption Pumps for High‐Vacuum Systems (1957) (11)
- Injection of megavolt electrons into solid dielectrics (1971) (10)
- Carcinoma of the lung: a report of 403 cases. (1954) (10)
- High energy electrons for generalized superficial dermatoses. (1955) (10)
- Rotational scanning of breast malignancies with supervoltage radiation. (1952) (9)
- Surgery and supervoltage therapy in the treatment of carcinoma of the lung. (1962) (9)
- TWO MEV. WIDE FIELD IRRADIATION OF LYMPHOMA. TWELVE YEAR EXPERIENCE. (1964) (8)
- Physical aspects of two million volt x-ray therapy. (1959) (7)
- Electron-irradiated and freeze-dried arterial homografts experiences at the St. Louis City Hospital Artery Bank. (1958) (7)
- Observations on rotational therapy with two million volt roentgen rays. (1954) (7)
- RADIATION FOR THERAPY--IN RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT. (1964) (7)
- HIGH GRADIENT STUDIES FOR ACCELERATOR SYSTEMS (1964) (6)
- Compressed gas insulation for electric power transmission (1966) (6)
- Absorption of 2-mev constant potential roentgen rays by lead and concrete. (1952) (4)
- Modification of strontium 90 emission for superficial therapy. (1960) (4)
- Radiation therapy for bronchogenic carcinoma. (1953) (4)
- CLINICAL SAFETY IN LOW-MEGAVOLT ELECTRON THERAPY. (1968) (4)
- Thermocouple Gauge for Vacuum Measurement (1937) (4)
- Van de Graaff Generator for General Laboratory Use (1938) (3)
- D-C breakdown strength of air and of Freon in a uniform field at high pressures (1941) (3)
- Van de Graaff accelerators of the future (1974) (3)
- TWO‐MILLLION‐VOLT X‐RAY THERAPY OF HODGKIN'S DISEASE (1958) (3)
- Two‐million‐volt radiation for treatment of malignancy of the head and neck (1955) (3)
- HIGH VOLTAGE GENERATION IN SPACE: THE PARAMETRIC ELECTROSTATIC MACHINE1 (1961) (3)
- Prospects for high-energy electron irradiation of waste-water liquid residuals (1975) (3)
- Biological effects of high-energy electron irradiation of municipal sludge (1975) (3)
- High energy electrons for the irradiation of blood derivatives. (1958) (2)
- Electrostatic Sources of Ionizing Energy (1951) (2)
- The clinical use of cathode ray sterilized grafts of cadaver bone; a preliminary report. (1956) (2)
- Disinfection of municipal sludge by high-energy electrons (1976) (1)
- Two-million-volt x-ray therapy of Hodgkin's disease. (1958) (1)
- The electrostatic accelerator as a source of ionizing energy (1951) (1)
- Two million-volt radiation for treatment of malignancy of the head and neck. (1955) (1)
- Megavolt xeroradiography. (1963) (0)
- Supervoltage radiation therapy in the next decade. (1960) (0)
- Hugh Frederick Hare, M.D. 1902-1967. (1968) (0)
- The insulating strength of gases at high pressures (1952) (0)
- Carcinoma of the larynx. (1954) (0)
- Feasibility of compact 4 mev electrostatic x-ray source studies of compressed gas and high vacuum insulation radiographic properties of x-rays in the 2 to 6 MeV Range. Supplement. Final report Jun 52-Jun 54 (1954) (0)
- High-voltage D-C flashover of solid insulators in compressed nitrogen (1941) (0)
- TRUMP: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN HIGH VOLTAGE TECHNOLOGY (0)
- Electromagnetic induction appliance (1973) (0)
- SUPERVOLTAGE X‐RAY TREATMENT OF CARCINOMA OF THE BLADDER (1954) (0)
- Response of the medalist (1961) (0)
- D-C Breakdown Strength of Air and of Freon in a Uniform Field at High Pressures (1941) (0)
- High-Voltage D-C Flashover of Solid Insulators in Compressed Nitrogen (1941) (0)
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