Research topic: Allan MacLeod Cormack

Allan MacLeod Cormack , 1924-98, American physicist, b. Johannesburg, South Africa. After studying at the Univ. of Cape Town (B.S. physics, 1944, M.S. crystallography, 1945), Cambridge, and Harvard, Cormack became a professor at Tufts Univ. in 1958. His interest in X-ray technology led him to develop the theoretical foundations that made computerized axial tomography (CAT) scanning possible. He published his results in two papers in 1963-64, but these generated little interest until the first CAT scan machine, built under the leadership of Godfrey Hounsfield , was introduced in 1972. For... Read more