Paul Lauterbur and the invention of MRI

"On September 2, 1971, the chemist Paul Lauterbur had an idea that would change the practice of medical research. Considering recent research findings about the use of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) signals to detect tumors in tissue samples, Lauterbur realized that the information from NMR s...

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Main Author Dawson, M. Joan, 1944-
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2013.
Subjects
Magnetic resonance imaging > History.
Lauterbur, Paul C., > 1929-2007.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9780262316712
Physical Description1 online zdroj.

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Table of Contents:
  • Epiphany in a hamburger
  • Portrait of a scientist as a young man
  • Study, work, and war
  • Early breakthroughs
  • The 1960s: Stony Brook, Stanford, and spectrometers
  • The first fruitful weeks
  • The worldwide laboratory
  • Baby grows up
  • Among the corn fields
  • The end and the beginning.

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