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Recognizing that conventional X-ray imaging could not clearly depict the soft tissues of the brain, Hounsfield proposed a groundbreaking approach: slicing the brain into virtual layers, scanning each one with focused X-ray beams, and using a computer to reconstruct the internal density point by point. This became the foundation of Computed Tomography (CT scanning)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n With little funding, Hounsfield built his first prototype using scrap materials. Thanks to the quiet support of a forward-thinking executive at EMI, he installed the first CT scanner at Atkinson Morley Hospital<\/strong> in London. On October 1, 1971<\/strong>, the first CT image of the human brain\u2014revealing a tumor in the left frontal lobe\u2014was produced, marking a turning point in medical history.<\/p>\n Although EMI did not pursue the medical market for long, Hounsfield\u2019s invention paved the way for major players like GE and Siemens<\/strong> to develop faster, full-body CT scanners with higher resolution. In 1981<\/strong>, Hounsfield was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II and continued his research until the end of his life.<\/p>\n From a dream of \u201cseeing through the skull,\u201d CT scanners have become an essential diagnostic tool\u2014especially in emergency medicine, oncology, and trauma care. By 2020<\/strong>, more than 80 million CT scans<\/strong> were performed annually in the United States alone. It all began with one man\u2019s vision\u2014to reveal the invisible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In the mid-1960s, British engineer Godfrey Hounsfield conceived a bold and visionary idea: could we \u201clook inside a box without opening it\u201d? His inspiration came from pondering how cosmic rays…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2165,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73,47],"tags":[344,346],"class_list":["post-2169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-global-healthcare","category-uncategorized-en","tag-ct-scanner-en","tag-godfrey-hounsfield-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/museum.pctu.com.vn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/museum.pctu.com.vn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/museum.pctu.com.vn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museum.pctu.com.vn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museum.pctu.com.vn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2169"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/museum.pctu.com.vn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2170,"href":"https:\/\/museum.pctu.com.vn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2169\/revisions\/2170"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museum.pctu.com.vn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/museum.pctu.com.vn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museum.pctu.com.vn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museum.pctu.com.vn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/museum.pctu.com.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/16-300x143.jpg\")
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