![Fifty Years Ago, the First CT Scan Let Doctors See Inside a Living Skull | Innovation| Smithsonian Magazine Fifty Years Ago, the First CT Scan Let Doctors See Inside a Living Skull | Innovation| Smithsonian Magazine](https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/c6Ig0OLK_GM9zY_nMQ6n8z0BmJg=/fit-in/1072x0/filters:focal(754x503:755x504)/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/fb/c1/fbc11f6e-e75f-41ce-84ee-5e244d4c632f/modern_ct_scans.jpeg)
Fifty Years Ago, the First CT Scan Let Doctors See Inside a Living Skull | Innovation| Smithsonian Magazine
![50 years ago, the first CT scan let doctors see inside a living skull – thanks to an eccentric engineer at the Beatles' record company 50 years ago, the first CT scan let doctors see inside a living skull – thanks to an eccentric engineer at the Beatles' record company](https://images.theconversation.com/files/423942/original/file-20210929-64926-b3svf8.png?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&q=45&auto=format&w=1000&fit=clip)
50 years ago, the first CT scan let doctors see inside a living skull – thanks to an eccentric engineer at the Beatles' record company
![EMI scanner, used for X-raying patients in the Dr Guislain Museum about the history of psychiatry, Ghent, Belgium Stock Photo - Alamy EMI scanner, used for X-raying patients in the Dr Guislain Museum about the history of psychiatry, Ghent, Belgium Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/E6BA3R/emi-scanner-used-for-x-raying-patients-in-the-dr-guislain-museum-about-E6BA3R.jpg)
EMI scanner, used for X-raying patients in the Dr Guislain Museum about the history of psychiatry, Ghent, Belgium Stock Photo - Alamy
![AuntMinnie.com on Twitter: "An EMI Mark I CT scanner circa 1973, from the Centennial Showcase exhibit at #RSNA14. #radiology http://t.co/WJ7spy6DGU" / Twitter AuntMinnie.com on Twitter: "An EMI Mark I CT scanner circa 1973, from the Centennial Showcase exhibit at #RSNA14. #radiology http://t.co/WJ7spy6DGU" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B3vw7EAIIAAMBRL.jpg:large)
AuntMinnie.com on Twitter: "An EMI Mark I CT scanner circa 1973, from the Centennial Showcase exhibit at #RSNA14. #radiology http://t.co/WJ7spy6DGU" / Twitter
![Computed frontal tomography (CFT) of the orbit using the EMI CT 1010 head scanner | Semantic Scholar Computed frontal tomography (CFT) of the orbit using the EMI CT 1010 head scanner | Semantic Scholar](https://d3i71xaburhd42.cloudfront.net/ce8abd8bf37fa9123fef0164f421840ccd734dec/1-Figure1-1.png)