FIRST to propose the use of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) for scanning the human body for disease

FIRST to discover the enhanced NMR relaxations (T1/T2) of cancer tissue

FIRST to propose the use of these enhanced NMR relaxations (T1/T2) for medical scanning.

FIRST to report the enhanced NMR relaxations (T1/T2) of cancer tissue.

FIRST to propose the use of these enhanced NMR relaxations (T1/T2) for medical scanning. (Science 171 (1971), 1151-1153)

FIRST patent for the invention of cancer detection by NMR (U.S. Patent 3,789,832)

FIRST MR image of a tumor in a live animal

FIRST MR image of a live human being (chest)

FIRST MR image detecting cancerous tissue in a patient

FIRST with Iron-Circuit™ technology magnets for MR

FIRST commercial MR scanner
FIRST permanent magnet MR scanner

FIRST mobile MR scanner

FIRST Iron-Circuit™ electromagnet MR scanner
FIRST mobile Iron-Circuit™ MR scanner
FIRST solenoid surface coils

FIRST FDA approval for a mobile MR scanner

FIRST Multi-Angle Oblique™ scanning protocol

FIRST self-tuning, self-calibrating MRI system

FIRST Multi-Echo/Multi-Rep Rate™ scanning protocol

FIRST total body scanning and screening system

FIRST MRI-dedicated archiving and retrieving network system

FIRST mobile MR scanner to service two separate hospital sites in the same day on a regular basis

FIRST interventional MRI (performed at UCLA with a FONAR scanner)

FIRST MR company to custom design and manufacture trailers for mobile MR scanners

FIRST satellite networking system for remote image transmission

FIRST Open Gap™ patient environment

FIRST fiber-optic cardiac-gated imaging
                   

FIRST high-performance Corona™ Coils

FIRST high signal-to-noise ULTIMATE™ coils

FIRST site ATR (Activity and Throughput Reporting) system

FIRST to achieve 0.7 second image reconstruction time

FIRST practical implementation of orthopedic CINE
                             
FIRST SMART™ customized slices
FIRST real-time continuous zoom and pan
FIRST five-computer distributed processing system (32-bit)
FIRST Whisper-Quiet™ Gradients

FIRST .35T electromagnet scanner, the ULTIMATE™ 7000

FIRST Signal-Plus™ Surface Coils

FIRST four-post 0.6T electromagnet MRI, the QUAD™ 12000

FIRST four-bed MRI scanner, enabling high-throughput “Carousel” Scanning

FIRST interventional MRI scanner

FIRST CINE-FLEX™ Coils and fixtures for full-range-of-motion kinematic Studies

FIRST Imagegram™

FIRST four-post .35T electromagnet MRI, QUAD™ 7000

FIRST four-post .35T electromagnet MRI approved for marketing by the FDA

FIRST FDA-cleared .35T open MRI, the QUAD™ 7000

FIRST FDA-cleared, high-field open MRI (0.6T), the QUAD™ 12000

FIRST Stand-Up MRI™ (Works in Progress)
(since renamed Upright™ MRI)

FIRST Notebook (Laptop) Radiology

FIRST Cellular Phone Radiology

FIRST MRI Operating Room™ (Works in Progress)

FIRST Open Sky MRI™ (FONAR 360°)

FIRST Upright™ Imaging System, The Stand-Up™ MRI
(since renamed Upright™ MRI)

FIRST Images from Stand-Up™ MRI, weight bearing spines and joints

FIRST Iron Frame, High-field, Superconducting Open MRI