Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2003
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Paul C. Lauterbur
Prize share: 1/2
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Sir Peter Mansfield
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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