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The Beatles, the Nobel Prize, and CT Scanning of the Chest

2009; Elsevier BV; Volume: 48; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.rcl.2009.09.008

1557-8275

Lawrence R. Goodman,

Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment

From its first test scan on a mouse, in 1967, to current medical practice, the CT scanner has become a core imaging tool in thoracic diagnosis. Initially financed by money from Beatles' record sales, the first patient scan was performed in 1971. Only 8 years later, a Nobel Prize in Physics and Medicine was awarded to Hounsfield and Cormack for their discovery. This article traces the history of CT scanner development and how each technical advance expanded chest diagnostic frontiers. Chest imaging now accounts for 30% of all CT scanning.