Comment Comment by car 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_d...[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_computed_tomography[2]https://hyperfine.io parent car 5 years ago
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_d...
[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_computed_tomography
[2]https://hyperfine.io