The Evolution of the MRI: Medical Imaging Over the Years

The Evolution of the MRI: MEDICAL IMAGING OVER THE AGES 1882 Nikola Tesla discovered the rotating magnetic field 1952 • This discovery is the basis of MRI technology today! First one-dimensional MRI image produced by Harvard student 1974 First MRI machine patent issued in U.S. •#3,789,832 • Scans took many hours to cumplete 1977 First MRI cross-sectional image published • Scan was of a living mouse Mathematical technique developed to take clearer scans in seconds First MRI scan of a human taken •5 hours to produce 1 image 1980 1981 First static cardiac MRI image •2.5 minutes to capture First successful high-field whole- body MRI machine created in New York 1982 First dynamic cardiac MRI image • 20,000 MRI machines use this same design today! 21.1T-highest field performed on animals in research 10 1.5T-first successful high-field, whole-body magnet system 3T-highest commercial MRI machine used today 1983 First commercial MRI scanner offered in Europe 20 9.4T-highest field performed on humans in research 15 TESLA STRENGTH First diffusion MRI images created and published • 1990s saw huge rise in diffusion MRIS for neurological disorders First MRI image of coronary artery anomaly 1985 1987 30,000,000 MRIS performed in the U.S. Nobel Prize awarded to MRI founders Paul C. Lauterbur and Peter Mansfield 2003 2013 24% EXTREMITIES 47% BRAIN AND SPINE Areas scanned 11% VASCULAR, CARDIAC, CHEST - 7% HEAD AND NECK 7% PELVIC AND ABDOMINAL 4% BREAST Infographic provided by: ADVANCED MEDICAL IMAGING www.radiologyimagingdenver.com SOURCES: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_resonance_imaging http://www.isbe.man.ac.uk/personal/dellard/dje/history_mri/history%20of%20mri2.htm http://www.scmr.org/assets/files/members/documents/JCMR/008/LCMRi_008_04_tfja/ LCMR_i_8_04_0/LCMR_A_175489_0.pdf http://www.nibib.nih.gov/HealthEdu/Discovery/HistPerspective http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffusion_MRI#History http://www.medtronic.com/patients/essential-tremor/living-with/mri-scan/index.htm The Evolution of the MRI: MEDICAL IMAGING OVER THE AGES 1882 Nikola Tesla discovered the rotating magnetic field 1952 • This discovery is the basis of MRI technology today! First one-dimensional MRI image produced by Harvard student 1974 First MRI machine patent issued in U.S. •#3,789,832 • Scans took many hours to cumplete 1977 First MRI cross-sectional image published • Scan was of a living mouse Mathematical technique developed to take clearer scans in seconds First MRI scan of a human taken •5 hours to produce 1 image 1980 1981 First static cardiac MRI image •2.5 minutes to capture First successful high-field whole- body MRI machine created in New York 1982 First dynamic cardiac MRI image • 20,000 MRI machines use this same design today! 21.1T-highest field performed on animals in research 10 1.5T-first successful high-field, whole-body magnet system 3T-highest commercial MRI machine used today 1983 First commercial MRI scanner offered in Europe 20 9.4T-highest field performed on humans in research 15 TESLA STRENGTH First diffusion MRI images created and published • 1990s saw huge rise in diffusion MRIS for neurological disorders First MRI image of coronary artery anomaly 1985 1987 30,000,000 MRIS performed in the U.S. Nobel Prize awarded to MRI founders Paul C. Lauterbur and Peter Mansfield 2003 2013 24% EXTREMITIES 47% BRAIN AND SPINE Areas scanned 11% VASCULAR, CARDIAC, CHEST - 7% HEAD AND NECK 7% PELVIC AND ABDOMINAL 4% BREAST Infographic provided by: ADVANCED MEDICAL IMAGING www.radiologyimagingdenver.com SOURCES: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_resonance_imaging http://www.isbe.man.ac.uk/personal/dellard/dje/history_mri/history%20of%20mri2.htm http://www.scmr.org/assets/files/members/documents/JCMR/008/LCMRi_008_04_tfja/ LCMR_i_8_04_0/LCMR_A_175489_0.pdf http://www.nibib.nih.gov/HealthEdu/Discovery/HistPerspective http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffusion_MRI#History http://www.medtronic.com/patients/essential-tremor/living-with/mri-scan/index.htm