Hounsfield

Hounsfield is indisputably the central figure in computerized tomography.

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1979 - Presentation Speech 1992

The world's first CT scanner was designed and built from 1967-1972 by Godfrey Hounsfield, who worked for a lab at Electric and Musical Industries, otherwise known as EMI.

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Hounsfield demonstrated the first CT machine in London in October 1971.

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Measured in Hounsfield units -- the scale for describing radio density -- the densities of the tooth in the box and of those in the mummy's mouth are nearly identical (tooth in box: 1,549 HU; mummy teeth 1,591-considered identical since both numbers fall within 1,500-2,000 HU).

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Hounsfield for "the development of computer-assisted tomography" fits well into the field of applied physics, while the prize in

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1901-2000 2001

Godfrey Hounsfield has asked me to speak for both of us.

Allan M. Cormack - Banquet Speech 1980

In fact it is not much of an exaggeration to say that what Hounsfield and I know about medicine and physiology could be written on a small prescription form!

Allan M. Cormack - Banquet Speech 1980

Petrik, Vladimir et al.: Godfrey Hounsfield and the dawn of computed tomography.

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1979 - Perspectives 1979

He received a standing ovation, one of many that he and Hounsfield would receive over the next few years, as improvements in CT allowed sections of the body to be analysed, and the radiology literature began to reveal the full impact of the technique on the diagnosis and treatment of patients.

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1979 - Perspectives 1979

After seeing the image Hounsfield and Ambrose felt, as the latter recalled, like footballers who had just scored the winning goal.

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1979 - Perspectives 1979