"Raymond V Damadian (1936-2022) was a pioneer in the field of MRI and inventor of one of the first MRI scanners."
"His early research work was on the role of the potassium ion in cells, which he studied with nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). In 1971 he wrote an important paper in Science showing that tumour cells detected by NMR would have longer relaxation times. He invented the MRI scanner (1972) and believed its role in detecting cancer would be an important one at a time when he faced much scepticism. In 1978 he founded the FONAR corporation to produce and develop the MRI scanner (FONAR: field focussing nuclear magnetic resonance) 1,2."
"His early research work was on the role of the potassium ion in cells, which he studied with nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). In 1971 he wrote an important paper in Science showing that tumour cells detected by NMR would have longer relaxation times. He invented the MRI scanner (1972) and believed its role in detecting cancer would be an important one at a time when he faced much scepticism. In 1978 he founded the FONAR corporation to produce and develop the MRI scanner (FONAR: field focussing nuclear magnetic resonance) 1,2."
"In 1988 he shared the USA National Medal for Technology with Paul Lauterbur for their development of MRI 1."
"Nobel Prize controversy"
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"Development of MRI"
"Nobel Prize controversy"
"Death"