Field focusing nuclear magnetic resonance (FONAR): visualization of a tumor in a live animal.

A nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) image of a tumor in a live animal is reported. The field focusing NMR method or FONAR process that now achieves the tumor outline is described.

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