Edward J. Hoffman
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| Born | 1942 |
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| Died | July 1, 2004 Los Angeles, California |
| Institution | Washington University in St. Louis University of Pennsylvania UCLA IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science |
| Known for | PET scanner |
Edward J. Hoffman, (1942 - July 1, 2004) helped invent the first human PET scanner, a commonly used whole-body scanning procedure for detecting diseases like cancer.
Hoffman, with Michael Phelps, developed the PET scanner in 1973 at Washington University in St. Louis.
In 1975, he moved to the University of Pennsylvania. Starting in 1976, Hoffman was a professor at UCLA medical school. He served as Editor-in-Chief of the journal IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science.
He died in Los Angeles, California.
