The Beatles and Computerized Tomography
Dr. Feres Secaf was my Professor of Radiology when I was studying Medicine at Escola Paulista de Medicina. Naturally, there are no more professors of Radiology; the area has expanded to include ultrasonography, magnetic resonance, etc., so the medical specialty is now called Medical Imaging. Prof. Secaf was one of the pioneers of Computerized Tomography in Brazil. He once told me that the Beatles were intensely involved with the development of Computerized Tomography. In fact, he told me this story before the technique became generally available. I have found some vague references about the Beatles in relation with CT scans, but no conclusions could be found, and there are also suggestions that the whole thing was just fiction. But the story that Prof. Secaf told me had some interesting details. It was well known that the Beatles had their own recording studio, called Apple – nothing to do with the present day Apple Computers and iPhones. The Apple Recording Comp...