EMI Scanner Mark 1 - The First CT
Sir Godfrey Hounsfield invented the computer tomograph (CT). He conceived the idea in 1967.
Working for EMI (yes, that's the music label), he constructed the EMI scanner Mark 1 in 1971.
Initially, the scanner was constructed to perform brain scans only. The first scan was performed on a 41 year old lady who was shown to have a cystic tumor in the frontal lobe.
40 years ago, in 1979, Godfrey Hounsfield was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine, together with Alan M. Cormack. His name is eternally preserved in the density scale for CT imaging, which is measured in Hounsfield units (HU) and scaled between air (-1000 HU) and water (0 HU)
This EMI scanner is on display in the Science Museum in London.
EMI Scanner Mark 1 - The First CT
Sir Godfrey Hounsfield invented the computer tomograph (CT). He conceived the idea in 1967.
Working for EMI (yes, that's the music label), he constructed the EMI scanner Mark 1 in 1971.
Initially, the scanner was constructed to perform brain scans only. The first scan was performed on a 41 year old lady who was shown to have a cystic tumor in the frontal lobe.
40 years ago, in 1979, Godfrey Hounsfield was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine, together with Alan M. Cormack. His name is eternally preserved in the density scale for CT imaging, which is measured in Hounsfield units (HU) and scaled between air (-1000 HU) and water (0 HU)
This EMI scanner is on display in the Science Museum in London.