
(Courtesy of Graeme Bydder)
This site is dedicated to charting the history of the development of Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy over the last five decades, focused mainly on the UK. Documenting all the research from around the world which made this incredible method clinically useful is too large a task although we welcome international contributions.
The eBook contains a number of personal historical accounts of MRIS development, histories of the MR societies and reviews as well as obituaries of some of the key researchers who helped introduce this revolutionary technology. The accounts on the MRIS Histories page are in the order they were submitted and completed. A number of links to other relevant history accounts including books by or about the Nobel prize winners as well as MRI lectures and the connection between MRI and music can be found on the Links page.
We know there are lots of MRIS people in the UK (and elsewhere) not in this gallery yet. This is because we have not been able to locate a suitably embarrassing photo of you! Many of the images are courtesy of Graeme Bydder at ISMRM meetings in close-up zoom mode enhancing your best features. Please send us a picture of yourself if you want to appear or ‘upgrade’ your picture in the ‘Rogue’s Gallery’ below which is displayed in somewhat random order based on when they were found and uploaded. If you would like to contribute your own MRIS historical memoirs chapter, please take a look at the ‘For Authors’ page. Publication is free and reviewed by the editors prior to presentation on the site.
Clicking on the blue links on the images below will allow you to read a chapter using the online viewer. Use the menu above to visit the other website pages. We would like to turn a lot more of those white captions below to blue and also add more photos to the gallery so please send us your contribution! You can also register for updates and newsletters on the About page.
Sir Godfrey Hounsfield Part 1 Part 2 Paul Lauterbur Sir Peter Mansfield John Mallard Raymond Andrew Bill Moore Brian Worthington Robert Steiner Audrey & Martin Wood Ian McDougall Waldo Hinshaw Louis Kreel Ian Isherwood John Griffiths William Yuh Catherine Westbrook Joanna Wardlaw Derek Shaw Peter Jones Franklyn Howe Neil Palmer Ulrich Guenther Andrew Peet Tom Redpath Mark Lythgoe David Carmichael David Thomas Matthew Clemence Adrian Thomas Andrew Maudsley David Miller Ian Marshall Donald Hadley Gordon Teasdale Wady Gedroyc David Atkinson John McGnley Steve Mitchell Fernando Calamante Alan Connelly Elspeth Whitby Simon Doran Linda Eastwood Glynn Johnson Raad Mohiaddin Steven Keevil David Hawkes Richard Bowtell Penny Gowland Paul Glover Sue Francis Geoff Parker David Buckley Paul Tofts Gareth Barker Derek Jones Steven Williams Nigel Hoggard Jo Hajnal Andrew Blamire Louis Kreel John Ridgeway Donald Longmore George Radda Sir Rex Richards Martin Leach David Gadian Peter Jezzard Paul Griffiths Jim Hutchison Jim Wild Nicola Sibson Bill Edelstein Bill Bradley Gordon Higson Fraser Robb Pete Thelwall Brian Ross Surya Mohapatra Rob Hawkes Karla Miller Roy Gordon Charles Hutchinson Mike Gyngell Matt Robson Margaret Hall-Craggs Iain Wilkinson Peter Gatehouse David Firmin Donald McRobbiie Chris Randell David Taylor Richard Hodgson Steve WIlliams Andrew Jackson Roger Ordidge Robert Turner Peter Morris Paul Bottomley Kevin Brindle Jonathan Gillard Martin Graves David Lomas Adrian Dixon Simon Taylor-Robinson Paul Margosian David Lurie Frank Smith Robert Muller P de Francesco Peter Rinck Nandita de Souza Mary Rutherford Jacki Pennock Francis Cowan & Jacki Pennock Louise Thomas Jimmy Bell Jane Cox Dave and Shelah Bryant David Hoult Walter Curati and Judith Payne John Gore Amy Herlihey So Wa Poh Harry Parkes Adam Waldman Xavier Golay Damian Tyler John Waterton Scott Hinks Gordon deMeester Wayne Dannels John Patrick Rod Pettigrew Greg Hurst David Lampman Chandra Chaterjee Andrew Blamire Karyn Chappell Serena Counsell Jeff Hand Nadeem Saeed Mike Burl Keith Thurlborn Roy Taylor Jan Wolber Risto Kaupinnen Sven Plein Barry Condon Edwin van Beek Fiona Gilbert Martyn Paley Graeme Bydder Ian Young Juergen Hennig Adrian Carpenter Gary Green Simon Pittard Simon Duckett Derek Hill Janet de Wilde Mark Horsfield Andy Simmons Kuan Lee Lindsey Carver Dorothy Auer Peter Allen Graham Nayler Pradip Pattany Stephen Golding
Neptune MRI at Hammersmith DESIRE image Sagittal FLAIR Multiple Sclerosis Axial FLAIR Multiple Sclerosis Tumour pre Gd Contrast Tumour post Gd Contrast Hammersmith Coil Zoo Jedi Coil Early Picker Cryogenic MRI System Nottingham Magnet in the Science Museum Jedi Coils in the Science Museum Niche MRI in the Science Museum Ian Young with the Queen Mother Nottingham Meeting Details of a Nottingham Meeting Early MRI of finger, Nottingham Prem Anand Stan Clough, Nottingham The Bydders Emigrate Bydder Kids in Van The Bydder Family minus Graeme Graeme meets the Queen RF measuring equipment Walker resistive magnet at EMI Picker Wembley David Hoult driving on ‘The Wrong Side’ WInston-Salem Meeting Cast List Neonatal Brain Spin Echo Tibia Image UTE Tibia image Spin Echo bone image UTE bone image Nerve Fasiculae Contrast for subtracted STAIR images Aberdeen Mouse Aberdeen image Alzheimer’s Disease High Resolution Normal High Resolution Godfrey Hounsfield MRI diagram 1 Godfrey Hounsfield MRI diagram 2 Neptune RF screen 1T Neonatal MRI, Hammersmith Aberdeen Magnet Aberdeen Magnet David Hoult with Solenoid Coil David Hoult, Jim Hutchison and Meg Foster Martin Wood Resistive Magnet Wrist MRI on cover of Nature, Nottingham Small resistive magnet, Nottingham RF shielding, Nottingham Mansfield, Bongartz, Rzedzian and Ordidge, Nottingham Oops…
Some highlights from the History Chapters
Ian Pykett 2T Magnet Delivery at Advanced NMR Lady Jean and Sir Peter Mansfield, Dr Ian and Mrs Gwen Pykett Paul Goddard Peter Walters Eddy Boskamp
