The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2003

Paul C. Lauterbur

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Prize share: 1/2

Sir Peter Mansfield

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Prize share: 1/2

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2003 was awarded jointly to Paul C. Lauterbur and Sir Peter Mansfield "for their discoveries concerning magnetic resonance imaging."

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