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Mar 26, 1928 Died on 06 Aug 2008 (aged 80)
American scientist
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About Robert Nason Beck
- Robert Nason Beck (26 March 1928 in San Angelo, Texas – 6 August 2008 in Chicago, Illinois) was an American scientist and a pioneer in the field of nuclear medicine.
- Part of a University of Chicago team, he was the first to propose, in 1961, the use of the radioisotope technetium-99m to detect disease using Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography, a technique that is used an estimated 20 million times a year throughout the world.
- Beck also helped develop collimators for sharpening the images produced by gamma-ray scanners, and was referred to as 'Mr.
- Collimator' by colleagues.
