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Damadian was the first to perform a full-body scan of a human being in 1977 to diagnose cancer. Damadian invented an apparatus and method to use NMR safely and accurately to scan the human body, a method now well known as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). [5] Damadian received several prizes.
Lauterbur and Mansfield's awarding for magnetic resonance imaging development was criticized due to the Nobel Foundation's lack of acknowledgement for Raymond Damadian, a scientist who similarly contributed to the invention of the technology in the seventies alongside Lauterbur and Mansfield.
Raymond Damadian and Paul C. Lauterbur "For their independent contributions in conceiving and developing the application of magnetic resonance technology to medical uses including whole body scanning and diagnostic imaging." 1988 Robert H. Dennard
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Raymond Damadian's "Apparatus and method for detecting cancer in tissue". In a March 1971 paper in the journal Science, [21] Raymond Damadian, an Armenian-American doctor and professor at the Downstate Medical Center State University of New York (SUNY), reported that tumors and normal tissue can be distinguished in vivo by NMR.
1977/1978 - Raymond Damadian built the first MRI scanner and achieved the first MRI scan of a healthy human body (1977) with the intent of diagnosing cancer. [4] Additionally, Peter Mansfield develops the echo-planar technique, producing images in seconds and becoming the basis for fast MRIs. [5] 1983 - Introduction of the k-space by D B Twieg [6]
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Damadian (Armenian: Տամատեան) is an Armenian surname. Notable people with the surname include: Notable people with the surname include: Mihran Damadian (1863–1945), Armenian freedom fighter, political activist, writer, and teacher