HISTORICAL MILESTONES
1990
1977
OGAWA
TER-POGOSSIAN
SOKOLOFF
1992
fMRI
First PET studies of brain
metabolism, blood flow, and
correlates of human behavior
BELLIVEAU
Cortical Map:
human visual
system
Blood Oxygen
dependent signal
1976
1971
1972
EPI / MRI
Behavior
MANSFIELD
DAMADIAN
LAUTERBUR
First MRI of a body part
Discovered that
biological tissues
have different
relaxation rates
First MR image
Invented EPI (scans whole
brain in secs.)
Columbia  fMRI