Introduction: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Comes of Age in Radiation Oncology

With the invention of spatial encoding of the nuclear magnetic resonance (MR) signal by Lauterbur and Mansfield, MR imaging (MRI) was born. After the first image of in vivo human anatomy in 1977, evolution of the technology accelerated over the ensuing decade, and clinical translation to the field of diagnostic radiology flourished. Because MRI, much like radiation oncology, is at the crossroads between medicine and chemistry, physics, and computer science, groups with strong interdisciplinary relationships and cross-fertilization became scientifically fruitful.

Source: Seminars in Radiation Oncology - June 16, 2014 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Cynthia Ménard, Uulke A. van der Heide Source Type: research