Do we really need to thank the beatles for the financing of the development of the computed tomography scanner?

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 161-164

  Maizlin, Zeev V ^a   Vos, Patrick M ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

CT scanner; history; Hounsfield

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; SCANNING; WAGES;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS; DEPARTMENT OF HEALTHS; FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS; HEALTH SECURITY; HOUNSFIELD; SOCIAL SECURITY; TAX PAYERS; WORK ANALYSIS;

TAXATION;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; MUSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; RADIOGRAPHY; RESEARCH;

EID: 84859180466     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: 15323145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e318249416f     Document Type: Article

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