Paul Christian Lauterbur ( born Paul Christian Lauterbur ; May 6, 1929 , Sydney , Ohio - March 27, 2007 , Urbana , Illinois ) is an American chemist who won the 2003 Nobel Prize in medicine for inventing the method of magnetic resonance imaging .
| Paul Christian Lauterbur | |
|---|---|
| English Paul Christian Lauterbur | |
| Date of Birth | May 6, 1929 |
| Place of Birth | Sydney , Ohio , USA |
| Date of death | March 27, 2007 (aged 77) |
| Place of death | Urbana , Illinois , USA |
| A country |  USA |
| Scientific field | |
| Place of work | |
| Alma mater | Case Western University Reserve University of Pittsburgh |
| Awards and prizes |  US National Science Medal (1987)  Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ( 2003 ) |
Member of the US National Academy of Sciences (1985) [1] .
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Biography
Paul Lotherbur was born in the small town of Sydney in Ohio on May 6, 1929, graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 1962. The original idea, which ultimately led to the creation of magnetic resonance imaging , was born during a heated discussion at a dinner in the suburbs of Pittsburgh [2] . Subsequent work on the creation of the Lotherbur method was carried out at New York University at Stony Brook [3] in the 1970s. After that, Lauterbur spent his whole life working at the University of Illinois at Urbane and Champaign .
Scientific Contribution
The previously known method of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), for the development of which Felix Bloch and Edward Parsell received the Nobel Prize in physics in 1952, was used before the work of Lauterbur mainly for the study of molecular structure. The work of Lauterbur and Peter Mansfield made it possible to use the method to obtain images of the whole organism.
Lauterbur invented how to use the magnetic field gradient, which allows you to determine the origin of the radio waves emitted by the nuclei of the object of study. This information allows you to recreate a two-dimensional picture of the body. The first magnetic resonance imager created by Lauterbur is still located at New York University at Stony Brook .
In 2003, Lauterbur together with Mansfield received the Nobel Prize in medicine "for the invention of the method of magnetic resonance imaging ."
In 2007, Lauterbur was included in the .
Rewards
- 1983 - Howard Potts Medal
- 1983 - Max Delbrück Prize , "For the concept of using controlled field gradients with NMR to obtain internal images within physical objects" [4]
- 1984 -
- 1985 -
- 1985 - International Gaidner Award
- 1986 - Harvey Award
- 1987 - IEEE Medal of Honor
- 1987 - US National Science Medal
- 1988 - US National Medal of Technology and Innovation
- 1989 - Heineken Prize
- 1990 - Bauer Prize
- 1992 - Dixon Prize
- 1994 - Kyoto Prize
- 2001 -
- 2003 - Edward Raine Prize
- 2003 - Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
See also
- Raymond Damadian