Abstract
Computed tomography (CT) is the reconstruction by computer of a tomographic section of the body using multiple X-ray absorption measurements. The first attempts at medical application of image reconstruction were carried out by Aldendorf in 1961, Cormack in 1963, and Kuhl and Edwards in 1968. The development of the first clinical unit (head unit) was accomplished by Hounsfield (1973). The first total body scanner was developed by Ledley et al. (1974).
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Aldendorf WH (1961) Isolated flaying spot detection of radiodensity discontinuities displaying the internal structural pattern of a complex object. IRE Trans Biomed Electron 8:68–72
Cormack AM (1963) Representation of a function by its line integrals with some radiological applications. Appl Phys 35:2722–2727
Hounsfield GN (1973) Computerized transverse axial scanning (tomography). Br J Radiol 46:1016–1033
Kuhl DE, Edwards PQ (1968) Reorganizing data from transverse section scan of the brain using digital processing. Radiology 91:975–983
Ledley RS, Di Chiro G, Luessenhof AJ, Twigg HL (1974) Computerized transaxial X-ray tomography of the human body. Science 186:207
Love L, Churchill R, Reynes C, Schuster GA, Moncada R, Berkow A (1979) Computed tomography in staging of renal carcinoma. Urol Radiol 1:3–10
Malinger AD, Ostrum BJ (1978) Computed tomography in the diagnosis of renal masses. Radiology 126:715–718
Sagel S, Stanley RJ, Evens RG (1977) Early clinical experience with motionless whole-body computed tomography. Radiology 124:359–370
Struyven J, Brion JP, Frederic N, Schulman CC (1977) Computed tomography of the kidney. Br J Urol 49:583–588
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1981 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
About this paper
Cite this paper
Schulman, C.C., Kuhn, G., Struyven, J. (1981). Computed Tomography of the Kidney. In: Schulman, C.C. (eds) Advances in Diagnostic Urology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-95394-1_28
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-95394-1_28
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-642-95396-5
Online ISBN: 978-3-642-95394-1
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive