Caltech inventor transforms the MRI. (California Institute of Technology; Tome Meade; magnetic resonance imaging)

From: Los Angeles Business Journal | Date: March 30, 1998| Author: Hayes, Elizabeth | Copyright information

A Tucson, Ariz.-based technology development firm is betting millions that a Caltech chemist's invention will revolutionize magnetic resonance imaging - and turn a profit.

With magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, technicians use low energy pulses to generate a three-dimensional image of a patient's brain or other body parts. The images can help doctors diagnose illness or injury.

Tom Meade, a chemist at the California Institute of Technology, came up with a special...

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