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Godfrey Hounsfield
Definition
- British electrical engineer who was awarded a share in the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1979 for his contributions to the creation of the computerized axial tomography (CAT or CT) scanner. Hounsfield's invention combined X-ray images with the aid of a computer to generate cross-sectional views and three-dimensional images of the internal organs and structures of the body. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Health; Hounsfield, Godfrey (1919–2004)]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Godfrey_Hounsfield
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