Survival rates for sepsis depend on the patient's underlying medical conditions, how quickly the diagnosis is made, the organism that causes the infection, and the patient's age. People at Risk for Sepsis
The first image scanner developed for use with a computer was a drum scanner. It was built in 1957 at the US National Bureau of Standards by a team led by Russell A. Kirsch. The first image ever scanned on this machine was a 5 cm square photograph of Kirsch's then-three-month-old son, Walden.
The Evolution of CT Scan Clinical Trials. On October 1, 1971, CT scanning was first introduced by Godfrey Hounsfield into medical practice with a successful scan on a patient at the Atkinson Morley Hospital in Wimbledon, London using a prototype scanner.