Advances Expand Magnetic Resonance Imaging Capabilities. From: R & D | Date: December 1, 1999| Author: | COPYRIGHT 1999 Reed Business Information. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

New MRI instruments allow for high-resolution images useful in medical, materials research, and industrial applications. They can image a broad range of substances: carpet fibers, fertilizer pellets, rat brains, and human organs.

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has changed the face of medical diagnostics. MRI grew out of the application of the same physical principles behind nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, which is an analytical tool for determining chemical structures and configurations. In 1973, Paul Lauterbur, current director of the Biomedical Magnetic ...