Godfrey Hounsfield
In 1951, Hounsfield began work at EMI Ltd. where he researched guided weapon systems and radar. There, he became interested in computers and in 1958, he helped design the first all-transistor computer made in Great Britain: the EMIDEC 1100. Shortly afterwards, he began work on the CT scanner at EMI. He continued to improve CT scanning, introducing a whole-body scanner in 1975, and was senior researcher (and after his retirement in 1984, consultant) to the laboratories.
Hounsfield received numerous awards in addition to the Nobel Prize. He was appointed Commander of the British Empire in 1976 and knighted in 1981. In 1975, he was elected to the Royal Society.
He never married and died in 2004.
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References
- Kalender, Willi (2004). [Worthiness of Sir Godfrey N. Hounsfield]. Zeitschrift für medizinische Physik 14 (4): 274-5. PMID 15656110.
- Oransky, Ivan (2004). Sir Godfrey N. Hounsfield. Lancet 364 (9439): 1032. doi:. PMID 15455486.
- Raju, T N (Nov 1999). The Nobel chronicles. 1979: Allan MacLeod Cormack (b 1924); and Sir Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield (b 1919). Lancet 354 (9190): 1653. PMID 10560712.
- Peeters, F; Verbeeten B, Venema H W (Dec 1979). [Nobel Prize for medicine and physiology 1979 for A.M. Cormack and G.N. Hounsfield]. Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde 123 (51): 2192-3. PMID 397415.
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External links
- Obituary in British Medical Journal
- Hounsfield Article with technical references on Ganfyd medical reference site
- Nobel Prize Biography
- Obituary in The Telegraph
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