In his last days, he was reminded of his greatest achievement when his physicians examined him using magnetic resonance imaging, a technology that had been developed from his ground-breaking research on magnetic resonance.
Pada hari-hari terakhirnya, ia diingat akan prestasi terbesarnya karena menggunakan pencitraan resonansi magnetik, sebuah teknologi yang telah menjadi batu pijakan dari pengembangan riset resonansi magnetik.