PART I Flashcards
[year, person] proved it is possible to reconstruct or built up an image of 2D object from a large number of projections from different projections
1917
J. Radon
[year, terms] earlier terms of computer tomography
1920
“body section radiography”
“Stratigraphy” - stratum (layer), graphia (to describe)
[person,year]
redefined the technique and labeled it “tomography”
“Tomos” - section
1935
Grossman
Image of a section of the patient that is oriented parallel to the film
Conventional Tomogram
[person, year]
developed another technique (cross-sections) referred to as “Transverse Axial Tomography”
1937
Watson
[person, year] basic idea for today’s tomography, drawings of equipment to for sonograms and optical projection techniques to reconstruct
1940
Gabriel Frank
[person, year] practical application of projections in medicine, series of experiments on a phantom
[person, year]-studied nuc med
1960
William Oldendorf
David E. Kuhl & Roy Q. Edwards
[person, year] theory of image reconstruction; applied techniques in nuclear medicine
1963
Allan McLead Cormack
[person, year] development of first clinical CT scanner at Central Research Laboratories of EMI Ltd. In England
1967
Godfrey N. Hounsfield
[person, year] consultant of Atkinson-Morley’s Hospital - obtained reading from specimen of human brain with Hounsfield
1971
Dr. James Ambrose
[person, year] developed first whole body CT Scanner, Georgetown University
1974
Dr. Robert Ledly
[year, development] has the goals to carry out dynamic volumes scanning to accommodate imaging the dynamics of organ system with high temporal resolution
1975
Dynamic Spatial Reconstructor (DSR)
[year, person] [..] shared Nobel Prize in medicine and physiology [..]
1979 Hounsfield
with Allan McLead Cormack
[person, year] introduced External Beam CT (EBCT)
1980s
Dr. Douglas Boyd
Other uses for ct
- Study of internal log defects in sawmill
- Paleoanthropology
- Baggage inspection at airports
- Oil Exploration
- Fat Stock Breeding
- Animal Investigation
- Evaluate bowed stringed instruments
[components]
DESCRIBE Gantry
-ring/doughnut shaped
-tilted fwd and bwd (15-30 deg)
-laser light for positioning
-control panel on sides
Size of aperture
70-90cm
[components]
DESCRIBE Patient Table/ Couch
-table to top made of carbon fiber
-should be strong and rigid
-comfort and safety
Reasons for using carbon fiber in patient table
- Light weight
- Does not attenuate easily