Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Authors: Harold A. Baltaxe, Michael C. Geokas
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1983)

Editorials1 April 1983Nuclear Magnetic ResonanceHAROLD A. BALTAXE, M.D., MICHAEL C. GEOKAS, M.D., PH.D.HAROLD A. BALTAXE, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, MICHAEL C. GEOKAS, M.D., PH.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-98-4-540 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptSome of the newer technologic methods for imaging the structures of the body developed rapidly after World War II as a consequence of scientific efforts in the war: Gamma-ray imaging followed ready availability of radioisotopes and ultrasound technology stemmed from the discovery of radar. In 1946, at the end of the war, Edward Purcell and Felix Bloch independently developed nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, for which they received the Nobel Prize in 1952. 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