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British Journal of Radiology (2006) 79, 5-8
© 2006 British Institute of Radiology
doi: 10.1259/bjr/29444122
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CT scanning the early days

E C Beckmann, BSc(Eng)

Lanmark, Beaconsfield, Bucks, UK


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  		Figure 1. Extract of the original 1968 project proposal.

 

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  		Figure 2. The original lathe bed model (copyright EMI Ltd).

 

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  		Figure 3. Early scan of a pig.

 

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  		Figure 4. First image of a brain specimen.

 

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  		Figure 5. First patient image scanned on the prototype EMI scanner at Atkinson Morley's Hospital on 1st October 1971.

 

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  		Figure 6. Body scan of Hounsfield taken on the prototype scanner in the laboratories and shown at Bermuda conference on 14th March 1975.

 

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  		Figure 7. Topaz 3rd generation flying focal spot scanner.

 




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