Edward J. Hoffman
From Free net encyclopedia
(Difference between revisions)
Revision as of 04:45, 5 December 2005
Jaxl (Talk | contribs)
Stub-sorting. [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting|You can help!]]
Next diff →
Jaxl (Talk | contribs)
Stub-sorting. [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting|You can help!]]
Next diff →
Current revision
Edward J. Hoffman, (1942 - July 1, 2004) who helped invent the first human PET scanner, a commonly used whole-body scanning procedure for detecting diseases like cancer.
Hoffman with Michael Phelps developed the PET scanner in 1973 at Washington University in St. Louis.
In 1975 he moved to the University of Pennsylvania. Starting in 1976, Hoffman was a professor at UCLA medical school. He served as Editor-in-Chief of the journal IEEE / Transactions on Nuclear Science.
He died in Los Angeles.
[edit]