Allan Cormack

Allan Cormack was a South African-American physicist who is best known for his pioneering work in the field of medical imaging, particularly for his contributions to the development of computed tomography (CT). His groundbreaking research in the 1970s laid the foundation for the CT scanner, a revolutionary tool that transformed diagnostic medicine. For his contributions, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1979, shared with Godfrey Hounsfield.