CT Scanner
InventorGodfrey Hounsfield
Year1971
CategoryMedicine
OriginEngland
About CT Scanner
Hounsfield built the first CT scanner at EMI, the same company that owned the Beatles. The first scan took hours and required a water tank. Won the 1979 Nobel Prize. Modern CT scans take seconds and produce detailed 3D images. Over 80 million CT scans performed annually in the US alone.
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