Michel Ter-Pogossian
Michel "Michael" Ter-Pogossian (born April 21, 1925 in Berlin , † June 19, 1996 in Paris ) was an American physicist . Together with Michael E. Phelps, he is considered to be one of the fathers of positron emission tomography .
Ter-Pogossian was born in Berlin and is of Armenian descent. He emigrated via France , where he studied at the University of Paris , together with his parents to the United States, where he worked at the Washington University School of Medicine. In 1957 he became a Fellow of the American Physical Society . In 1993 he received a Gairdner Foundation International Award . He was married with three children and five grandchildren.
literature
- Michael W. Vannier: In the memoriam: Michel M. Ter-Pogossian . In: IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging . tape 15 , no. 4 , 1996, pp. 401 ( [1] [accessed December 20, 2015]).
Web links
- Medical Journeys: Michel M. Ter-Pogossian (1925-1996). Washington University School of Medicine, accessed December 20, 2015 .
- Wolfgang Saxon: Michel M. Ter-Pogossian, 71; Led Research on PET Scanner. Obituary. New York Times , June 21, 1996, accessed December 20, 2015 .
Individual evidence
- ^ MM Ter-Pogossian, ME Phelps, EJ Hoffman and NA Mullani: A positron-emission transaxial tomograph for nuclear imaging (PETT). In: Radiology . Volume 114, No. 1, January 1975, pp. 89-98. PMID 1208874 .
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SURNAME | Ter-Pogossian, Michel |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ter-Pogossian, Michel M. |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American physicist |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 21, 1925 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
DATE OF DEATH | June 19, 1996 |
Place of death | Paris |