The Long Road to Stockholm - The Story of Magnetic Resonance Imaging - An Autobiography

Zusatztext This is a wonderful book which covers the inside story about how the field of MRI evolved from its early days to now. The book covers not only the story behind many of the technical developments of MRI but also how a boy brought up in South London during the Second World War, and who left grade school early, went on to become one of the worlds most accomplished scientists. Informationen zum Autor Professor Sir Peter Mansfield, Sir Peter Mansfield Magnetic Resonance Centre, University of Nottingham, UK. Klappentext In this autobiography, Sir Peter Mansfield describes his life from his early childhood in war time London to his research in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and the development of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. For his discoveries in MRI, Sir Peter was awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize for Medicine, shared with Paul Lauterbur. Zusammenfassung In this autobiography, Sir Peter Mansfield describes his life from his early childhood in war time London to his research in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and the development of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. For his discoveries in MRI, Sir Peter was awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize for Medicine, shared with Paul Lauterbur. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: The War Years 2: Rocket Science 3: Salad Days at University 4: Marriage and the American Dream 5: The Wanderers Return 6: Alt-Heidelberg, du feine 7: Krakow and the Lauterbur Epiphany 8: Hounsfield and EMI 9: The Golden Years 10: Brief Encounter with Technicare 11: Patent affairs at Nottingham 12: A New Vice Chancellor 13: Nobel Prize Speculation 14: Antagonisms to MRI 15: Beyond the Nobel 16: The Epilogue

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Peter Mansfield, Peter (Sir Peter Mansfield Magnetic Resonance Centre Mansfield
• Editore: Oxford University Press Trade
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 15.01.2013
• EAN: 9780199664542
• ISBN: 978-0-19-966454-2
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Tematiche generali; SCIENCE / Physics / General, MEDICAL / Diagnostic Imaging / General, MEDICAL / Neurology, Neurology & clinical neurophysiology, Physics, Neurology and clinical neurophysiology, Autobiography: science, technology & medicine, Autobiography: science, technology and medicine, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Medical (inc Patients), Medical imaging: nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR / MRI), Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR / MRI)