NMR: state of the art in medical imaging

The future of NMR imaging in medicine seems bright. Absence of known biologic hazard, lack of moving parts, and ability to measure multiple tissue parameters should make it the study of choice in many clinical situations, while its ability to create detailed tomographic images in any plane, with both anatomic detail and tissue specificity, should revolutionize diagnostic radiology. The additional information gained about metabolic processes in vivo may well change our entire understanding of health and disease.