Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Scanner

The MRI Scanner, developed in the 1970s by Raymond Damadian, Paul Lauterbur, and Peter Mansfield, revolutionized medical diagnostics by producing detailed soft-tissue images without ionizing radiation. Using a powerful 1.5- to 3-tesla magnetic field and radio waves, it can resolve structures as small as 1 millimeter in a 20-minute scan, outperforming X-ray CT in brain and spinal cord visualization.