The long road to Stockholm : the story of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) : an autobiography / by Peter Mansfield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mansfield, Peter.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Magnetic resonance imaging.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (252 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Abbreviations; 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; 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; Appendix; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on Dec. 20, 2012).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-164177-4

1-283-97871-7

0-19-164176-6

1-283-97922-5

OCLC:

828734620