Development of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at The University of Nottingham (360G-Wellcome-212988_Z_18_Z)

In 2003 Professor Sir Peter Mansfield (with Professor Paul Lauterbur) was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for discoveries concerning magnetic resonance imaging. This project will transform access to the papers of Peter Mansfield and other scientists associated with the development of MRI at the University of Nottingham: Professor Raymond Andrew and Professor Brian Worthington and associated records of the British Radiofrequency Spectroscopy Group; opening up the collections for teaching and research to tell the story of the pioneering work on MRI undertaken at Nottingham. The collections will be catalogued to ISAD(G) and repackaged in archival quality materials. Films, videos, audio tapes and 35 mm slides will be digitised for both preservation and access and to aid cataloguing. Photographs will be assessed for possible future digitisation. An interdisciplinary Advisory Group will be established to support the project and open up the collections to researchers. The collections will be promoted to both academics and the general public. It is hoped that this could lead to the discovery of further records relating to MRI at Nottingham and inspire other scientists to donate their records, so developing Manuscripts and Special Collections as a centre for research into the development of MRI.