Mansfield: multi-planar NMR image formation

What changed

Proposed faster two- or three-dimensional spin-density imaging using echo trains and time-dependent gradients.

Scientific scope

The record is Mansfield's sole-author 1977 letter. It builds on earlier planar imaging work and does not absorb Lauterbur's 1973 spatial-imaging contribution, every later echo-planar sequence, clinical validation or scanner engineering.

Evidence

The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is Mansfield's sole-author 1977 letter. It builds on earlier planar imaging work and does not absorb Lauterbur's 1973 spatial-imaging contribution, every later echo-planar sequence, clinical validation or scanner engineering.

Contributors

• P. Mansfield · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.

• CiNii record for Mansfield NMR imaging paper
• Copy of Mansfield 1977 NMR spin-echo letter

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