First Full-Body MRI Scan
The slow, early days of magnetic resonance.
Explore this event on the interactive timeline →The invention of the MRI allowed doctors to see inside the human body without harmful radiation.
Key Numbers
- 1977 Scan Time
- ~5 Hours
Verified Facts
- The first full-body MRI scan of a human occurred in 1977. It took nearly 5 hours to produce a single, blurry, low-resolution image.