Cormack, AM

Japanese: Cormack,A.M.(英語表記)CormackAM
Cormack, AM

…It is also called a CT scan. CT was developed in 1972 by GN Hounsfield of the UK and AM Cormack of the US (both winners of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1979). While scanning the body with an X-ray beam, the data obtained by the detector is calculated by a computer, and the internal tissues of the body can be displayed in cross-sectional images in a short time (1 scan/1 second, reconstruction takes several seconds), and a 3D image can also be reconstructed. Moreover, it has a higher ability to distinguish human tissues than conventional X-ray examinations, making it one of the examination methods with high clinical diagnostic value. …

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…CTスキャンともいう。CTは1972年にイギリスのハンスフィールドG.N.HounsfieldとアメリカのコーマックA.M.Cormack(ともに1979年度ノーベル生理・医学賞受賞)によって開発された。X線ビームで体をスキャンしながら,検出器で得られたデータをコンピューターで計算し,短時間(1スキャン/1秒,再構成数秒)で体の内部の組織を断層像で表示でき,立体像の再構成も可能で,しかも従来のX線検査に比べ人体組織の識別能力が高く臨床診断学的価値の高い検査法の一つである。…

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