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The power of magnetic fields

Detailed images without radiation. Just one of the benefits of a technology that enables extensive diagnostics. 

3min
Published on March 5, 2021

While many scientific discoveries come to nothing, some are destined to change the world. As one of the founding fathers of MRI, did Nikola Tesla realize the impact his work on the origin and behavior of magnetic fields would have on our medical technology today?

MRI - The long path to the patient

The long path to the patient

What is that knocking?

What’s that knocking?

The future of MRI

The MRI at 50 – what lies ahead?

Helium in the periodic table

The liquid gold of magnetic resonance imaging

  1. Courtesy (image) of Tongji Hospital, Wuhan, China