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

Spurred by his grandmother’s painful death from cancer, physician Raymond Damadian revolutionized medicine by inventing the first MRI machine. But the Nobel Prize in the field in 2003 went to two ...

To view an enhanced version of this graphic, please visit: https://images.newsfilecorp.com/files/7879/133017_951bbadc84cc6bb0_001full.jpg "Today the world mourns the ...

In 1974, Dr. Raymon Damadian received a patent for a scanner that would become the MRI machine, which went on to become an essential medical tool. Damadian spent his career perfecting his invention.

Raymond Damadian, MD, who built the first MRI scanner more than forty years ago, died Aug. 3, The New York Times reported Aug. 17. He was 86. Dr. Damadian’s research helped revolutionize the field of ...