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1956

Raymond Damadian, Creator of the 1st MRI, dies at 86

Posted on September 6, 2022

Dr. Raymond Damadian, who built the first magnetic resonance imaging scanner, which revolutionized doctors’ ability to diagnose cancer and other illnesses — but who, to his dismay, saw the Nobel Prize for the science behind …

Posted in 1956, Bachelors, Career, Degree, In Memoriam, inventions, mediamention

Damadian, Raymond

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