Seiji Ogawa (小川 誠二 Ogawa Seiji, born January 19, 1934) is a Japanese researcher best known for discovering the technique that underlies Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging. He determined that the contrast in blood oxygen levels can be mapped in magnetic resonance imaging, thus showing which areas of the brain are responding to the brain's electrical signals.
In 2003 he received the Japan Prize for his work. In March 2007 he was the winner of the 2007 ISMAR prize, awarded by the International Society of Magnetic Resonance. The prize carries a cash award of $5000, which was presented at the ISMAR annual meeting held in Kenting, Taiwan in October 2007. Ogawa also received a Gold Medal award from ISMAR (1995), and the Biological Physics Prize of the American Physical Society in 1996.
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- "Japan Prize 2003". http://www.japanprize.jp/e_2003(19th)_2.htm. Retrieved 17 July 2006.
- "Bell Labs Biography". http://www.bell-labs.com/news/2000/october/16/2.html. Retrieved 17 July 2006.
- Chemical & Engineering News (published by American Chemical Society); 19 March 2077, page 71
- "Original research article - Ogawa et al. (1990) Proc Natl Acad Sci 87:9868-9872". http://www.pnas.org/cgi/reprint/87/24/9868.
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