Benedict Cassen: the father of body organ imaging.
The invention of the radioisotope scanner by Benedict Cassen was seminal to the development of body organ imaging. Cassen assembled the first automated scanning system in 1950. It was a motor-driven scintillation detector coupled to a printer. The scanner was used to image the thyroid gland after the administration of radioiodine. Later, with the development of organ-specific radiopharmaceuticals the scanner was widely used during the late 50s until the early 70s to image the body organs.
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Imaging Service, Veterans Administration Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, 11301 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90073, USA.
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