William A. Edelstein
William A. Edelstein | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 21, 1944 |
| Died | February 10, 2014 (aged 69) |
| Education | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Harvard University |
| Known for | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| Spouse |
Fiona Jones (m. 1977) |
| Children | 3 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | General Electric, Johns Hopkins University |
| Doctoral advisor | Robert Pound |
William A. Edelstein FInstP (November 21, 1944 – February 10, 2014) was an American physicist. One of the key developers of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), he was part of the team that developed the first full-body MRI scanner at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, and was the primary inventor of spin-warp imaging, which is still used in all commercial MRI systems.
Edelstein's contributions to MRI technology include pulse sequence optimization, radio-frequency-coil and gradient-coil design, circuitry improvements, high field imaging, acoustic noise reduction, and the NMR Phased Array.