NMR scanner
noun
Definition for nmr scanner (2 of 2)
MR scanner
noun
a diagnostic device employing nuclear magnetic resonance to display computer-generated sectional images of the body, consisting of a large, body-encircling magnet that generates a strong, uniform magnetic field which interacts with radio waves to excite the nuclei of hydrogen atoms, or other specific atoms, and a detection system that picks up the signals from the body and transforms them into a visual image.
Also called
MR imager,
MRI scanner,
NMR scanner.