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The fundamental invention of tomography was by by William Oldendorf who inspired Hounsfield. He used a record turntable and a toy train to prototype his early

by car 5y ago

The fundamental invention of tomography was by by William Oldendorf who inspired Hounsfield. He used a record turntable and a toy train to prototype his early ideas. His egregious exclusion from the Nobel prize was deemed a political decision by the Europeans committee due to ongoing patent matters. Edit: For anyone interested in medical tomography, check out the current cutting edge, a bedside(!) MRI using two huge rare earth magnets[2]. [0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Oldendorf#Role_in_development_of_neuroimaging https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Oldendorf#Role_in_d... [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_computed_tomography https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_computed_tomography [2]https://hyperfine.io https://hyperfine.io

sandwall 5y ago
Oldendorf and Damadian (MRI) are great examples of Nobel blunders -- my money is on Takahashi for his significant contributions: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3258406/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3258406/ Steve Webb wrote an excellent book that traces the origins of radiological tomography: https://www.amazon.com/Watching-Shadows-Origins-Radiological-Tomography/dp/085274305X https://www.amazon.com/Watching-Shadows-Origins-Radiological... These are some notes of mine for a presentation on the subject (relative to radiotherapy): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-2VAFzmkGu25YJM_QFLDiUB9vRvB3n7H/view?usp=drivesdk https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-2VAFzmkGu25YJM_QFLDiUB9vRv...