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A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on April 27, 2021.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the first commercially viable CT scanner was invented by Godfrey Hounsfield in 1972?

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The result was: promoted by Vaticidalprophet (talk) 10:45, 20 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the first commercially viable CT scanner was invented by Sir Godfrey Hounsfield in 1972? Source: [1]
- ALT1:... that CT scans can have 100 to 1,000 times higher radiation dose than conventional X-rays? Source: [2]

Improved to Good Article status by Iflaq (talk). Self-nominated at 10:29, 10 April 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Substantial article, meeting of GA criteria implicates DYK pass. Article was nominated within 7 days of passing GA. Nominator is QPQ exempt. Hooks are interesing, cited, and short enough for DYK. Earwigs shows close paraphrasing in the "Multiplanar reconstruction and projections" and "Volume rendering" sections that need to be resolved before this nomination is passed. Morgan695 (talk) 22:17, 17 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thankyou @Morgan695 for the review. I have already started working on it and will resolve the issue soon. Thankyou. Iflaq ^(talk) 06:15, 18 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Morgan695, I want to let you know that the issue has been resolved. Iflaq ^(talk) 09:40, 18 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Close paraphrasing has been resolved. Morgan695 (talk) 15:51, 18 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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– We might consider moving this article to "computed tomography", as it is the full technical term, similar to magnetic resonance imaging. Most related articles (operation of computed tomography, electron beam computed tomography, computed tomography of the head/thyroid/chest/abdomen and pelvis, computed tomography angiography, industrial computed tomography, and many more) also use the full term.

Additionally, we should standardize terminology—either using, for instance, "angiograph" or "angiography". The general term for the technology is likely the better choice. While abbreviations should be mentioned in the lead sections, they don’t seem appropriate for article titles. This would also align with WP:MEDMOS and WP:AT. Although "CT scan" may sound more familiar and convenient, "computed tomography" appears to be more commonly used, according to Ngrams. –Tobias (talk) 11:50, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]