Paul C. Lauterbur

Premios

1. 1984

   Premio Lasker — Premio Lasker-DeBakey a la investigación médica clínica

   Biología

   For theoretical and technical contributions that made possible a new form of medical imaging, based on nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR).

2. 1985

   Premio Internacional Canadá Gairdner

   Biología

   For first proposing the use of nuclear magnetic resonance to produce images and demonstrating its application to human disease.

3. 1994

   Premio Kioto — Tecnología avanzada

   Informática

   Proposal of the Basic Principles and Outstanding Contribution to the Development of MRI that Confers a Great Benefit on Clinical Medicine.

4. 2003

   Premio Nobel — Medicina

   Biología

   for their discoveries concerning magnetic resonance imaging