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Raymond Damadian

1936 - 2022

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Raymond Vahan Damadian (March 16, 1936 – August 3, 2022) was an American physician of Armenian origin, medical researcher, and inventor of the first nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) scanning machine. Damadian's research into sodium and potassium in living cells led him to his first experiments with nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) which caused him to first propose the MR body scanner in 1969. Damadian discovered that tumors and normal tissue can be distinguished in vivo by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) because of their prolonged relaxation times, both T1 (spin-lattice relaxation) or T2 (spin-spin relaxation). Damadian was the first to perform a full-body scan of a human being in 1977 to diagnose cancer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Raymond Damadian is the 87th most popular inventor (up from 201st in 2019), the 1,284th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,940th in 2019) and the 28th most popular American Inventor.

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Among inventors, Raymond Damadian ranks 87 out of 426. Before him are Charles K. Kao, Jacques de Vaucanson, Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, Oleg Antonov, Ray Tomlinson, and Bi Sheng. After him are Joseph Pilates, Alphonse Bertillon, Henri Coandă, Thomas Savery, André-Jacques Garnerin, and Wolfgang von Kempelen.

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Among people born in 1936, Raymond Damadian ranks 55. Before him are Albert Finney, Kenneth G. Wilson, Kris Kristofferson, Ferid Murad, Frank Caprio, and Vyjayanthimala Bali. After him are Choummaly Sayasone, Glenda Jackson, Hideki Shirakawa, Ghassan Kanafani, Costas Simitis, and Don Cherry. Among people deceased in 2022, Raymond Damadian ranks 56. Before him are Ivica Osim, Jacques Perrin, Kirstie Alley, Issey Miyake, Angelo Badalamenti, and Hardy Krüger. After him are Ash Carter, Lata Mangeshkar, Meat Loaf, Pat Carroll, Bill Russell, and Teresa Berganza.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Raymond Damadian ranks 1,284 out of 20,380. Before him are Frank Marshall (1946), William Kemmler (1860), Rudy Giuliani (1944), John Robert Schrieffer (1931), Michelle Obama (1964), and Lita Grey (1908). After him are Albert Pike (1809), William Luther Pierce (1933), Kevin McCarthy (1965), Anthony Edwards (1962), A. E. Waite (1857), and Jerry Goldsmith (1929).

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Among inventors born in United States, Raymond Damadian ranks 28. Before him are Josephine Cochrane (1839), Les Paul (1915), Ruth Handler (1916), George Eastman (1854), John Browning (1855), and Ray Tomlinson (1941). After him are Leo Fender (1909), Elisha Otis (1811), Walter Hunt (1796), David Bushnell (1742), Josiah Warren (1798), and Jacque Fresco (1916).

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