MRI timeline

By mmaehata3

  • The begining

    The begining
    Nikola Tesla found out about the rotating magnetic field .

  • NMR

    NMR
    NMR was founded.

  • Founding of Spin Echo

    1949 Erwin Hahn found out where Spin echo come from. Thus the MRI scan was needed.

  • The MRI was invented

    The MRI was invented
    Raymond Vahan Damadian invented the MRI machine on July 3, 1977.

  • First real time MR image of the heart.

    First real time MR image of the heart.
    The first real time MR image of the heart was seen in 1987

  • The first mr image of the brain.

    The first mr image of the brain.
    The first functional MR image of the brain is made.

  • Now

    Now
    Right now there is more than 30 countries who uses MRI's and is a very important technology used daily in the medical world today.