Moments in MR History

Video interviews and talks from noted contributors to the field of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.

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Joseph J. H. Ackerman

William Greenleaf Eliot Professor and Professor of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine

Key Contributions:
Development and application of magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) and imaging (MRI) for study of intact, functioning biological systems.

Video from 2013 ISMRM Plenary

Paul A. Bottomley

Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science and Director of Division of MR Research, Johns Hopkins University

Key Contributions:
Development of first high-field whole-body MRI/MRS system and MRS of the heart and brain.

Video from 2012 ISMRM Mansfield lecture

Erwin L. Hahn

Emeritus Professor of Physics, University of California, Berkeley (deceased)

Key Contributions:
Discovery of the spin echo effect.

Jurgen K. Hennig

Professor and Research Director of the Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Chairman of the Magnetic Resonance Development and Application Center (MRDAC), University of Freiburg

Key Contributions:
Development of the spin echo train (RARE method).

Paul C. Lauterbur

Professor and Director, Biomedical Magnetic Resonance Laboratory, University of Illinois (deceased)

Key Contributions:
Introducing magnetic field gradients in the magnetic field for spatial 2D encoding.

Sir Peter Mansfield

Emeritus Professor of Physics, Nottingham

Key Contributions:
Discovery of magnetic resonance imaging.

John M. Pauly

Professor of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University

Key Contributions:
Pioneering work in RF pulse design, cardiac MRI and image reconstruction.

Video from 2013 ISMRM plenary

Martin R. Prince

Professor of Radiology, Cornell University and Columbia University

Key Contributions:
Pioneering work in clinical MRI and contrast-enhanced MR angiography.

Video from 2013 ISMRM plenary

Norman F. Ramsey, Jr.

Higgens Professor of Physics, Harvard University (deceased)

Key Contributions:
Invention of the separated oscillatory field method and its use in the hydrogen maser and other atomic clocks.

Ian R. Young

Emeritus Professor, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London

Key Contributions:
Published the first head images in 1978 and built the world-first MR machine to use a super-conducting magnet for imaging.