As someone who often had to rely on Computed Axial Tomography or as
most people know it, CT, Sim Hoffman appreciates the technology behind
it. Being a compound word and a Greek one at that, Tomography comes from
the words “tomos” and “graphia”. The former means a “slice”, a portion
of something, whereas the latter translates to “describing something”.
Put the two together and you get something that is capable of describing
something by only seeing a small part (or really more like a lot of
small parts) of it.
It all Started with Godfrey Hounsfield and Allan Cormack
Godfrey Hounsfield was a British engineer working at EMI Laboratories, who worked together with Allan Cormack, a South-African physicist from Tufts University, a prestigious institution in the state of Massachusetts. They invented the technology in 1972, for which they later received a Nobel Peace Prize.
The First CT Scanners
The first machines were put in practice between 1972 and 1974 and they were only used for head examinations. The first ones that were capable of examining a patient’s whole body were installed in 1976. By 1980 CT machines were available on a wide scale with almost 6,000 machines installed in the US alone, and more than 30,000 around the world.
The Evolution of CT
Since their implementation in the 1970’s, CTs have come a long way, with the newest models being able to provide not only superior speed, but also a vastly improved resolution. Sim Hoffman has relied on these machines in the last four decades.
Sources:
http://www.imaginis.com/ct-scan/brief-history-of-ct
It all Started with Godfrey Hounsfield and Allan Cormack
Godfrey Hounsfield was a British engineer working at EMI Laboratories, who worked together with Allan Cormack, a South-African physicist from Tufts University, a prestigious institution in the state of Massachusetts. They invented the technology in 1972, for which they later received a Nobel Peace Prize.
The First CT Scanners
The first machines were put in practice between 1972 and 1974 and they were only used for head examinations. The first ones that were capable of examining a patient’s whole body were installed in 1976. By 1980 CT machines were available on a wide scale with almost 6,000 machines installed in the US alone, and more than 30,000 around the world.
The Evolution of CT
Since their implementation in the 1970’s, CTs have come a long way, with the newest models being able to provide not only superior speed, but also a vastly improved resolution. Sim Hoffman has relied on these machines in the last four decades.
Sources:
http://www.imaginis.com/ct-scan/brief-history-of-ct
