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).
A RM se baseia no fenômeno físico chamado ressonância magnética nuclear (RMN), que foi descoberta nos anos 1930 por Felix Bloch (trabalhando na Universidade de Stanford) e Edward Purcell (Universidade de Harvard).