The Beatles, the Nobel Prize, and CT scanning of the chest. – PubMed – NCBI

December 14, 2019

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19995626

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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.
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