Michael Edward Phelps, born 1939, is an American biophysicist regarded as one of the founding figures of positron emission tomography, or PET, imaging technology. Combining insights from nuclear physics and chemistry, he helped create the first PET scanner by 1973, a technology that has since become central to medical imaging for diagnosing and monitoring conditions from Alzheimer's disease to many cancers. He holds the Norton Simon professorship at UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine and directs several research institutes there. His honors include the Enrico Fermi Award and membership in the National Academy of Sciences.
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He is known for being one of the fathers of positron emission tomography (PET).
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