John R Mallard 2006 Phys. Med. Biol. 51 R45 doi:10.1088/0031-9155/51/13/R04
John R Mallard
Show affiliationsFrom the beginnings of medical imaging with radioactivity, an account is given of the development in Aberdeen of CT scanners in nuclear medicine, and their clinical value, leading to the present-day gamma-cameras. Early animal work with electron magnetic resonance is described, which developed into a programme towards nuclear magnetic resonance of water in body tissues. The 1974 NMR image of a mouse, using the nuclear medicine experience, led to a quest to build the first clinically useful whole-body MRI. The work of other teams is outlined, and the steps which led to successful diagnostic images being made with the Aberdeen machine in 1980. The welcome from the medical fraternity, and the output of the multinational medical imaging companies, has led to the present-day, worldwide use of the MRI technique.
87.61.Tg Clinical applications
87.57.uk Positron emission tomography (PET)
Issue 13 (7 July 2006)
Received 30 January 2006
Published 20 June 2006
John R Mallard 2006 Phys. Med. Biol. 51 R45
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