The picture becomes clear for magnetic resonance imaging
Further Reading
June 2002, pages 36-37
Testing the ghost with the machine (by Greig de Zubicaray)
Describes the use of functional MRI to unravel the workings of the mind.
18 April 2007
MRI-enabled brain surgery robot revealed
Describes a surgical robot that is compatible with a MRI scanner.
19 March 2007
MRI scanner steers magnetic particle in live animal’s blood (by Tom Simonite)
Explores the potential of using MRI machines to steer magnetic particles in bloodstream.
7 September 2006
Laser-driven MRI scanner promises probability (by Robert Adler)
Reports on the development of a laser detector which produces magnetic resonance images.
18 December 2005, pages 26-29
Our bodies as we have never seen them before (by Stu Hutson)
Describes advances in computed tomography that produce detailed images of the body.
9 April 2005, page 9
Hope for portable MRI scanners (by Hazel Muir)
Describes a breakthrough that could allow cheap, hand-held scanners to become easily available.
21 September 2002, pages 38-41
The mind readers (by Laura Spinney)
Discusses the use of functional MRI for non-invasive brain scanning.
24 March 2001, pages 42-45
Seeing the seeds of cancer (by Eugenie Samuel)
Describes a strange quantum effect that may revolutionise the way MRI machines scan for tumours.
11 March 1995, pages 25-29
The light fantastic medical show (by Paul French)
Covers a number of different imaging techniques.
5 November 2008
The incredible shrinking scanner (by Bernhard Blümich)
Describes development of a portable version of a nuclear magnetic resonance machine.
October 2001, page 14
Magnetic revelations (by Graham P. Collins)
Scientists have shown that functional MRI can pick up neuronal activity.
Page updated December 2008.