IEEE Historical Milestone Honors First MRI Image, Lauterbur Legacy at Stony Brook
September 05, 2018
September 05, 2018
STONY BROOK, New York, Sept. 5 -- IEEE-USA, a unit of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, issued the following news release:
A historic achievement in medical technology happened here 45 years ago. Researchers at Stony Brook University, led by chemistry professor Dr. Paul Lauterbur, produced the first two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance image (MRI) in 1973. This ignited a multi-billion-dollar medical industry and paved the way for the usage of MRI as a noni . . .
A historic achievement in medical technology happened here 45 years ago. Researchers at Stony Brook University, led by chemistry professor Dr. Paul Lauterbur, produced the first two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance image (MRI) in 1973. This ignited a multi-billion-dollar medical industry and paved the way for the usage of MRI as a noni . . .