Type: Term Pronunciation: hownz′fēld Definitions: 1. Godfrey N., British electronics engineer, 1919-1975. Developed first practical computed tomography device, the EMI scanner; received the Nobel prize in Medicine in 1979 jointly with physicist A. M. Cormack. See: Hounsfield unit, Hounsfield number
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Hounsfield: 1. Godfrey Hounsfield, a key contributor to the creation of the CAT scanner. 2. The unit measuring the brightness of images that appear on a CAT scanner.
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