Peter Mansfield | |
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Born | |
Died | 8 February 2017 Nottingham, England | (aged 83)
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | Queen Mary College, University of London |
Known for | Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
Spouse |
Jean Margaret Kibble
(m. 1962) |
Children | 2 |
Parent(s) | Sidney George Mansfield Lillian Rose Turner |
Awards |
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Scientific career | |
Institutions | |
Thesis | Proton magnetic resonance relaxation in solids by transient methods (1962) |
Doctoral advisor | Jack Powles |
Website | The Nobelprize – Sir Peter Mansfield Biographical |
Sir Peter Mansfield FRS[1][2] (9 October 1933 – 8 February 2017)[3] was an English physicist who was awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, shared with Paul Lauterbur, for discoveries concerning Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). Mansfield was a professor at the University of Nottingham.[4][5][6][7][8][9]
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