# Hounsfield G Newbold — Patents explained on PatentBrief

Hounsfield G Newbold has 1 landmark patent explained in plain English on PatentBrief.

- [How Early CT Scans Created Detailed Body Images](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/3778614/ct-scanner-hounsfield) — granted 1973
  This 1973 patent describes a method for using X-rays from many angles to build a detailed 2D image of the inside of a body, like a slice of a CT scan.

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