Israel Gelfand dies at 96; Russian mathematician
Sunday, October 11, 2009 - 02:21
in Physics & Chemistry
His research laid the mathematical foundation for the imaging abilities of MRI and CT scanners. Israel Gelfand, the Russian mathematician whose research laid the mathematical framework for the imaging abilities of MRI and CT scanners and who did crucial work in a host of more esoteric fields, died Monday at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J. He was 96.