Use of functional MRI has led to remarkable discoveries in biomedical research in the years since its discovery. In 2011, during the Lauterbur Lecture at that year's ISMRM meeting, Martinos Center director Bruce Rosen spoke about the history of the technique and whether and how it had changed the world in the previous two decades.

Bruce Rosen "fMRI at 20: Has it Changed the World?" ISMRM 2011, Lauterbur Lecture