Health and Medicine

New Window into the Human Body

Originally published in 1985
Body

Michael Vannier, MD, a former NASA engineer, recognized the similarity between NASA's computerized image processing technology and nuclear magnetic resonance. With technical assistance from Kennedy Space Center, he developed a computer program for Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology enabling Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) to scan body tissue for earlier diagnoses. Dr. Vannier feels that satellite imaging" has opened a new window into the human body. "

Full article: http://hdl.handle.net/hdl:2060/20020090820

Abstract
Michael Vannier, MD, a former NASA engineer, recognized the similarity between NASA's computerized image processing technology and nuclear magnetic resonance. With technical assistance from Kennedy Space Center, he developed a computer program for Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology enabling Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) to scan body tissue for earlier diagnoses. Dr. Vannier feels that satellite imaging" has opened a new window into the human body. "
New Window into the Human Body

New Window into the Human Body

New Window into the Human Body

New Window into the Human Body