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CORMACK, A. M. [the Theory of Cat Scanning] Representation of a Function By Its Line Integrals, with Some Radiological Applications in the Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 34, No. 9, Pp. 2722-2727 and Representation of a Function By Its Line Integrals, with Some Radiological Applications Ii in the Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 35, No. 10, Pp. 2908-2913.
Lancaster PA:, Journal of Applied Physics,, 1963.. Paperback. Offered Are Two Near Fine Entire Issues of the Journal of Applied Physics in Original Printed Wrappers with Minimal Cover Edge Wear, Scuffs. 4tos. Near Fine, Allan Cormack (1924-1998) together with Godfrey Hounsfield (1919-2004) were awarded the Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine (1979) for "The development of computer assisted tomography", known colloquially today as the "CAT Scanner". Cormack was a physicist whose interest in radiation therapy dosimetry led him to develop a series of equations which enabled precise density (or dose) determinations in tissues. Hounsfield independently came up with the idea that one could determine what was inside a 'box' (such as a head) by using a rotating x-ray source of known, stable intensity and detecting the x-rays that go through the box as the x-ray source and detectors are rotated around the object. The combination of Cormack's calculations and Hounsfield's engineering insights led to the CAT scanner if today. "Cormack developed the equations necessary for image reconstruction, the process by which x-ray projections of a sample taken at a variety of different angles are combined, using the computer to reconstruct the image being viewed (Sherby-Who's Who Of Nobel Prize Winners).
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