The Saga of Godfrey Hounsfield
Category
Scientists & Inventors
Era / Tenure
Active Era
Leaderboard Rank
#276 in Scientists & Inventors
Verified Hearts
31,302 Hearts
ORIGINS & BACKGROUND
Profile & Early Foundations
Sir Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield ( HOWNZ-feeld; 28 August 1919 – 12 August 2004) was a British electrical engineer who shared the 1979 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with Allan MacLeod Cormack for his part in developing the diagnostic technique of X-ray computed tomography (CT).
THE JOURNEY & BREAKTHROUGHS
Major Works & Significant Milestones
His name is immortalised in the Hounsfield scale, a quantitative measure of radiodensity used in evaluating CT scans.
Key Milestone & Career Defining Moment
His name is immortalised in the Hounsfield scale, a quantitative measure of radiodensity used in evaluating CT scans.
