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A Long and Illustrious History

The MRI scanner was co-invented by which British scientist?

ASir Peter Mansfield
BSir Ian Wilmot
CSir Robert Edwards
DSir Frank Whittle

Explanation

Sir Peter Mansfield (1933–2017) was the British co-inventor of the MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scanner. He shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for this work in 2003.

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