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Allan Cormack
Medical Physics · Medical Physics
Boston, South Africa
21 H-Index
2,756 Citations
248 Total Impact
GLNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1979)0
Overview
Allan Cormack is a medical physics specialist at Tufts University. Based in Boston.
For Patients
- Pioneered the Mathematical algorithms for CT reconstruction, a technique still used by doctors worldwide
- Research was cited 3K+ times by other doctors and scientists
- Based at Tufts University in Boston, South Africa
Biography
Allan Cormack was a South African-American physicist who developed the mathematical algorithms for CT scanning independently of Hounsfield. Nobel Prize 1979.
Affiliations & Institutions
Research Impact
10 Publications
2,756 Total Citations
1K+ Citation Milestone
Publication Timeline
Published In
Journal of Applied PhysicsPhysics in Medicine and BiologyInternational Journal of Operations & Production ManagementInternational Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*PhysicsAnnals of Physics
Key Publications
Representation of a Function by Its Line Integrals, with Some Radiological Applications
Representation of a Function by Its Line Integrals, with Some Radiological Applications. II
Reconstruction of densities from their projections, with applications in radiological physics
Supply chain sustainability trajectories: learning through sustainability initiatives
Quantitative proton tomography: preliminary experiments
Areas of Expertise
Pioneering Techniques
Medical Specialties
Clinical Knowledge & Procedures
Legacy Timeline
The life and contributions of Allan Cormack
1963
Developed CT mathematics
Published the mathematical theory for reconstructing images from X-ray projections
1979
Nobel Prize
For the development of computer assisted tomography