MRI field applications in magnetic

coils and superconductors

What is magnetic resonance?

An MRI is a special scanning method that allows doctors to see detailed images of the

internal parts of the body.

MRI technology is safe, non-invasive and completely free of radiation, unlike

conventional x-rays or computed tomography, and is the optimal diagnostic method in

most cases today, as regular x-ray examination is not always sufficient to give the

diagnosis a picture of a disease or an abnormal condition in the body.

An MRI machine relies on strong magnetic fields and radio waves to create an image

of the body. The part of the body that will be examined is placed in an MRI machine

for digital scanning and monitoring, and the results are saved, as the diseased part of

,the body shows an abnormal resonant image and thus the infection can be detected

which greatly facilitated diagnosis and treatment and provided a great service to

medicine and doctors.

History of MRI

When Nikola Tesla described the rotating magnetic field in 1882, he could hardly

imagine what it might lead to!

After 130 years of research, experiment and great efforts made by many parties, the

,magnetic resonance device, widely used in all hospitals of the world, was invented

and all of that was based on the idea of Tesla.

The beginning of the establishment of this technology was during the year 1946 when

both Felix Bloch and Edward Purcell discovered the phenomenon of magnetic

resonance during that year, and they were later awarded the Nobel Prize in 1952.

But it was only a means of chemical and physical imaging until 1971, when

Raymond Damadian showed that the times of nuclear magnetic relaxation of tissues

and tumors differ, and this motivated scientists to use magnetic resonance imaging to

study the disease!

But the imaging process was taking a long time, so it was not used and was under

development, until superconductors appeared and entered the design of the magnetic

resonance device, which made strong magnetic fields possible for use in magnetic

resonance imaging.

The first humanMRI scan was in 1977, and since then, the MRI process has evolved

and become much faster, and the most important advance in MRI was in 2003, when
Paul C. Lauterbur won and Peter Mansfield was awarded the Nobel Prize for their

use of magnetic resonance imaging as a diagnostic tool in medicine.

Uses of magnetic resonance imaging technology

An MRI is a noninvasive (non-invasive) method that your doctor uses to examine

your organs, tissues, and skeleton. It produces high-resolution images of the inside of
the body that help diagnose a variety of problems.

• Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain and spinal cord

• Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the heart and blood vessels
• Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of other internal organs
• MRI of bones and joints
• Breast MRI

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