myESR - Computer tomograph EMI mark 1 was the first CT used in hospitals. Pictured below is a woman with a suspected brain lesion being scanned at Atkinson Moorley Hospital in London
![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
![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)
Computed frontal tomography (CFT) of the orbit using the EMI CT 1010 head scanner | Semantic Scholar
![A computed tomography scanner which was developed by EMI, Stock Photo, Picture And Rights Managed Image. Pic. MDC-UK010-003-00801 | agefotostock A computed tomography scanner which was developed by EMI, Stock Photo, Picture And Rights Managed Image. Pic. MDC-UK010-003-00801 | agefotostock](https://previews.agefotostock.com/previewimage/medibigoff/0c0f18c263f2c43616fa112612ff0716/mdc-uk010-003-00801.jpg)
A computed tomography scanner which was developed by EMI, Stock Photo, Picture And Rights Managed Image. Pic. MDC-UK010-003-00801 | agefotostock
![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/r3qAVUwJ_J0Wf54jogmmw6W0jfI=/1072x720/filters:no_upscale():focal(741x88:742x89)/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/33/1a/331a2367-0640-42b6-ade3-947ce4ac5933/godfrey_hounsfield.jpeg)