biography
| name: |
Ledley, Robert Steven
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| male
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| lived:
| (1926– )
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| biography:
| Radiologist and inventor, born in New York City, New York, USA. He held a variety of research posts in government and academia before becoming a professor of radiology at the Georgetown University Medical Centre in 1970. His pioneering work in the use of computers in medicine included the invention of the CT diagnostic X-ray scanner. The device made medical imaging and three-dimensional reconstructions possible, and led to improvements in radiation therapy for cancer patients. |
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