# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michel-ter-pogossian
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:41:21.465Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michel-ter-pogossian"
name: "Michel Ter-Pogossian"
slug: "michel-ter-pogossian"
description: "Michel Matthew Ter-Pogossian was an Armenian-American medical physicist. He was professor of radiology at the Washington University School of Medicine for over 30 years. A pioneer in nuclear medicine, he is best known for his research on the positron emission tomography (PET). He is considered one of its creators and often referred to as the \"father of PET.\""
tagline: "American physicist (1925–1996)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/36/Michel_Ter-Pogossian.png"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1925-04-21"
deathDate: "1996-06-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.807848
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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    title: "Тер-Погосян, Майкл"
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    title: "Michel Ter-Pogossian"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump