MRI is based on a physics phenomenon called nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), which was discovered in the 1930s by Felix Bloch (working at Stanford University) and Edward Purcell (from Harvard University).
MRI는 1930년대에 펠릭스 블로치(스탠퍼드대)와 에드워드 퍼셀(하버드대)이 발견한 핵자기공명(NMR)이라는 물리학 현상을 기반으로 한다.