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Ronald J. Ross is a Cleveland, Ohio radiologist known for research on brain injury in professional and amateur boxers[1] and for the first clinical use of nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (NMR later known as MRI) on human patients.[2] Ross is also credited with the first use of head and whole body computed tomography imaging (CT) in a private clinical setting in the United States.[3]
- ^ Ralph Ober, "The Brutality of Boxing" The Miami Herald, October 23, 1983
- ^ Ross, Ronald J.; Thompson, Jay S.; Kim, Kyung H.; Bailey, Ronald A. (1982). "Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Evaluation of Human Breast Tissue: Preliminary Clinical Trials". Radiology. 143 (1): 195–205. doi:10.1148/radiology.143.1.7063727. PMID 7063727.
- ^ Radiology/Nuclear Medicine Magazine: CT in a Private Radiology Office, Vol. 8, No. 2, 9-14, March/April, 1978