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Tools for Diagnosis
Magnetic resonance imaging uses technology that began as a tool for physicists to accelerate protons to the highest energy in the world.
MRI is a technique used to produce high quality images of the inside of the human body. MRI is based on the principles of nuclear magnetic resonance, a technique used by scientists to obtain microscopic chemical and physical information about molecules.
At the heart of MRI technology are powerful magnets made of superconducting wire and cable first developed in the 1970s to build Fermilab's Tevatron.
To build the Tevatron, Fermilab brought together experts in superconductivity, physics, engineering, materials science and manufacturing. Their collaboration made superconducting magnet technology ready for a full-grown role in the new diagnostic capability created by MRI.
The ongoing development of high-field superconducting magnets, an understanding of the properties of atoms, and advances in high-speed computing combine to make magnetic resonance imaging an increasingly powerful tool for medical diagnosis and research.
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last modified 9/15/2001 by C. Hebert email Fermilab |
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