The Isotope Tomoscanner
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 3
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Isotope Tomoscanner. DESCRIPTION: Being demonstrated at London’s Royal Institute is a new advance in the field of medical diagnosis, the Isotope Tomoscanner. It records gamma rays given off by radio-active chemicals which have been injected into the body. SHOTLIST: Girl leads patient to couch, patient lies down. MS patient on couch. MS girl walks to controls and moves couch in between scanners. MS patient’s head between scanners. MCU girl picks up portable control box. Various shots of girl operating scanner on patient. MCU scan of girl’s brain printing out. Shots of various parts of patient’s body being scanned. Shots of the scan being printed out. More shots of scanner over patient’s body.
- Keywords
- Health and medicine
- Locations
- London
- Card file number
- 77/13
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leonard Martin
- Camera
- Norman Fisher
- Length of story (in feet)
- 224
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How to cite this record
'The Isotope Tomoscanner', British Movietone News Issue No. 2489, 13 Feb 1977. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/30941 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)