Krátký přehled Nobelových cen udělených za výzkum v oblasti NMR a MRI.
| 1943, Fyzika | Otto Stern | „for his contribution to the development of molecular ray method and his discovery of the magnetic moment of the proton“ |
| 1944, Fyzika | Isidor I. Rabi | „for his resonance method for recording the magnetic properties of atomic nuclei“ |
| 1952, Fyzika | Felix Bloch, Edward Mills Purcell | „for their discovery of new methods for nuclear magnetic precision measurements and discoveries in connection therewith„ |
| 1991, Chemie | Richard R. Ernst | „for his contributions to the development of the methodology of high resolution nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy„ |
| 2002, Chemie | Kurt Wüthrich | „for his development of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy for determining the three-dimensional structure of biological macromolecules in solution„ |
| 2003, Fyzilogie a medicína | Paul C. Lauterbur, Peter Mansfield | „for their discoveries concerning magnetic resonance imaging“ |