Paul Lauterbur and the invention of MRI / M. Joan Dawson.
Paul Lauterbur and the invention of MRI / M. Joan Dawson.
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Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2013.
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G 2013/8042
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English
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xv, 273 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Epiphany in a hamburger -- Portrait of a scientist as a young man -- Study, work, and war -- Early breakthroughs -- The 1960s: Stony Brook, Stanford, and spectrometers -- The first fruitful weeks -- The worldwide laboratory -- Baby grows up -- Among the corn fields -- The end and the beginning.
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Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2013.
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Massachusetts
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©2013.
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"On September 2, 1971, the chemist Paul Lauterbur had an idea that would change the practice of medical research. Considering recent research findings about the use of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) signals to detect tumors in tissue samples, Lauterbur realized that the information from NMR signals could be recovered in the form of images -- and...
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Paul Lauterbur and the invention of MRI / M. Joan Dawson.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2013.
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G 2013/8042
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74VK6yRRlrPX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK6yRRlrPX
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ISBN
0262019213 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780262019217 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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616.07548092
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991021039359702626
