Person Young; Ian Robert (1932 - 2019) Young Ian Robert 1932 - 2019 British Male London, England, United Kingdom 11/01/1932 19320111 27/09/2019 20190927

Engineer Medical imaging Medical physics Education: Aberdeen Grammar School (1938-1945); Selbergh School, Yorkshire (1945-1950); Aberdeen University, BSc in Natural Philosophy (1950-1954), PhD (1954-1958) Career: Evershed and Vignoles Ltd, scientific insturment makers (1959-1967); Technical Director; Evershed Power Optics Ltd (1967-1976); Technical Director, Process Peripherals Ltd (1970-1976); Laboratory Manager, EMI Central Research Laboratories (1976-1981); Laboratory Manager, GEC/Picker Research Laboratory, Hirst Research Centre (1981-1989); Honorary Professor of Radiology at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School (1986); Visiting Professor at the Imperial College School of Medicine at Hammersmith Hospital (1983-2001) Honours: OBE 1986 Memberships: Hnorary member Society of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (1989); Fellowship of Engineering (1988); Institution of Electrical Engineers (1964, member of Council 1973-1976) ; Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (trustee 1986-1989); Institute of MEasurement and Control Medals and awards: Duddell Medal (now Gabor Medal) of the Instiute of Physics 1985; Gold Medal Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 1988 Phd supervisor was Prof. R.V. Jones Ian Young is an applied scientist and engineer who has made major theoretical and practical contributions to medical imaging, and in particular to magnetic resonance imaging. He designed the first commercial whole body NMR scanner, and his team produced the first images of the human head. He developed the use of spectroscopic pulse sequences to enhance image contrast; the inversion-recovery and spin-echo sequences are now widely used in clinical imaging. He introduced the concept of paramagnetic contrast agents and was involved in their clinical evaluation. Other pioneering achievements included the invention of closely coupled receiver coils, phase mapping for the measurement of blood flow and for delineating differences in tissue susceptibility. He also made an important contribution to the three-dimensional mapping of metabolites in human organs. Dr Ian Young OBE FREng FRS died on 27 September 2019. Lectures: Clifford Paterson 1993 Fellow 16/03/1989 57 Sources: https://royalsociety.org/people/ian-young-12581/ International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 11 Jan 1932 - 30 Jul 2019 NA4806 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 4051a14e-345e-4619-a685-ba1070a30e82