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Remembering Radiologist and Inventor, Cesare Gianturco

Yesterday, August 25th, marked the 21st anniversary of famed inventor and radiologist Cesare Gianturco’s death, so it is only fitting that we pay tribute on our blog to a man who is responsible for many of the innovations and devices in radiology we treasure today.

Born in 1905 in Naples, Italy, Gianturco grew up surrounded by a family of lawyers. He decided to go into the medical field, however, and graduated from medical school in 1927, after which he spent two years in Rome studying radiology, and then another year in Berlin studying pathology. By the time he made his way to the states in 1930, Gianturco was more than prepared to take on a fellowship in radiology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. During this time he worked with physiologist Walter Alvarez, discovered modifications to X-Ray techniques, and experimented with X-Ray movies.

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