Raymond Damadian

Raymond Vahan Damadian (March 16, 1936 – August 3, 2022) was an American physician and medical practitioner. He was known as the inventor of the first MR (magnetic resonance) scanning machine.[1][2][3] He was born in New York City. He received a National Medal of Technology in 1988 and was honored into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1989.[4]

Damadian died on August 3, 2022 in Woodbury, New York at the age of 86.[5]

References
  1. "Raymond V. Damadian". Lemelson-MIT. Archived from the original on November 8, 2016. Retrieved July 24, 2021.
  2. Damadian, R. (March 19, 1971). "Tumor Detection by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance". Science. 171 (3976): 1151–1153. doi:10.1126/science.171.3976.1151. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 5544870. S2CID 31895129.
  3. Odeblad, E.; Lindstrom, G. (June 1, 1955). "Some Preliminary Observations on the Proton Magnetic Resonance in Biologic Samples". Acta Radiologica. Original Series, Volume 43 (6): 469–476. doi:10.1177/028418515504300606. ISSN 0284-1851. S2CID 208241205.
  4. Raymond Damadian receives the National Medal of Technology in 1988 and is inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1989.
  5. "Raymond Vahan Damadian, the Father of MRI, Chairman and Founder of FONAR Corporation, Dies at 86". Digital Journal. Retrieved August 5, 2022.
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