The E.M.I. scanner

@article{Hounsfield1977TheES,
  title={The E.M.I. scanner},
  author={Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield},
  journal={Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological Sciences},
  year={1977},
  volume={195},
  pages={281 - 289}
}
  • G. Hounsfield
  • Published 14 January 1977
  • Physics
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological Sciences
The E.M.I. scanner is a machine which employs a method of X-raying patients whereby the information obtained from the X-rays is fully utilized. The high sensitivity thus obtained enables the machine to differentiate between the various organs of the body which are presented in three-dimensional form as a series of tomographic slices. The machine scans through the patient in a transaxial plane with a narrow beam of X-rays. A bank of detectors measures the transmission through the body as it… 
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