The History and Uses of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

MRI THE HISTORY AND USES OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING HOW THE MRI CAME TO BE 1946 -MT SCIENTISTS FELIX BLOCH EDWAR PURCE INDEPENDENTLY DISCOVER NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE (NMR), THE BASIS FOR MRI TECHNOLOGY BLOCH AND PURCELL tm (1969 -M WIN THE NOBEL 1952 PRIZE FOR PHYSICS DR. RAYMOND DAMADIAN PROPOSES THAT NMR BE USED FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES DR. DAMADIAN PERFORMS THE FIRST FULL-BODY m 1977 MRI ON A PATIENT 1980s TO MRI USAGE INCREASES AS PRESENT DOCTORS FIND NEW WAYS TO USE THE IMAGES FOR DIAGNOSIS DOCTORS CAN USE MRIS TO DIAGNOSE CONDITIONS IN YOUR... BRAIN 6.6 MILLION SCANS A YEAR MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS TUMORS ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE STROKES SPINE 7.5 MILLION SCANS A YEAR SCOLIOSIS COMPRESSION FRACTURES SPINAL STENOSIS ORGANS 4.8 MILLION SCANS A YEAR BREAST CANCER HEART DISEASE MESOTHELIOMA PROSTATE CANCER EXTREMITIES 7.2 MILLION SCANS A YEAR ARTHRITIS TENDONITIS FRACTURES DID YOU KNOW? 2,000 IT WOULD TAKE NEARLY REFRIGERATOR MAGNETS TO GENE ATE A MAGNETIC FIELD AS LARGE AS THE ONE IN A MODERN HIGH-RESOLUTION MRI MACHINE MRI MACHINES CAN PRODUCE MAGNETIC FIELDS UP TO 60,000 TIMES STRONGER THAN THE EARTH'S NATURAL MAGNETIC FIELD 30 MILLION MRI SCANS ARE PERFORMED IN THE U.S. EACH YEAR - THAT IS CLOSE TO ONE SCAN EVERY SECOND SOURCES http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/healthlibrory/test_procedures/orthopaedic/mognetic_resonance_imoging_mri. of_the_bones_joints_and_soft_tissues_02.P07652/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK82290/ https://wiki.engr.iLlinois.edu/display/BIOE414/Current+Market+and+Future+Developments http://www.medtronic.com/patients/essential-tremor/living-with/mri-scan/index.htm http://www.medtronic.com/innovation/smarter-mri.html http://www.nibib.nih.gov/HealthEdu/Discovery/HistPerspective http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/17/science/why-mri-machines-make-that-loud-noise.html?_r=0 INFOGRAPHIC PROVIDED BY: SOUTHWEST™ DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING CENT ER www.SWDIC.COM