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).
Het natuurkundige fenomeen achter MRI heet kernspinresonantie (nuclear magnetic resonance of NMR) en werd in de jaren '30 ontdekt door Felix Bloch (aan Stanford University) en Edward Purcell (aan Harvard University).