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In just nine years, the Siemens Healthineers team of Dr. Michael Zenge (41), Michaela Schmidt (48), Dr. Mariappan Nadar (52) and Dr. Edgar Mueller (60) have succeeded in establishing a new imaging technique for magnetic resonance tomographs based on basic mathematical research. Thanks to the compressed sensing method, the scanning time for images of the beating heart is reduced from six minutes to 25 seconds. It is no longer necessary for patients to hold their breath for long periods of time in order to obtain sharp images. The researchers, who work in Erlangen and Princeton, New Jersey (USA), were honored as Inventors of the Year in the "Outstanding Invention" category.