Dr. Raymond Damadian, father of MRI, dies at 86

Dr. Raymond Damadian, considered by many to be the "father of MRI," died o...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading: Damadian credits divine influence for MRI's earliest milestone Conflict over recognition for MRI discovery resurfaces at ECR Did Damadian’s mercurial past cost him the Nobel Prize? Fonar presses case for Damadian recognition Fonar NYT ad decries 'shameful wrong' in MRI Nobel awardComments: 8/8/2022 10:31:36 AMfw That's just not correct. Nothing in today's MRI usess the principles he proposed. 8/8/2022 10:55:04 AMNYPhD "On June 30 the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a lower-court ruling that G.E. had violated two of Dr. Damadian's patents, and ordered G.E. to pay $128.7 million. Two days later Fonar had the money in its bank account."     https://www.nytimes.com/1...y-for-mri-pioneer.html 8/8/2022 12:15:56 PMfw Quote from NYPhD "On June 30 the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a lower-court ruling that G.E. had violated two of Dr. Damadian's patents, and ordered G.E. to pay $128.7 million. Two days later Fonar had the money in its bank account." https://www.nytimes.com/1...y-for-mri-pioneer.html Yeah, and USPTO issued a patent for the comb-over. Winning a frivolous patent claim does not mean prove you were 'the father of MRI'. His patent was basically 'you can use NMR to detect cancer'. Sure, in that sense he was right. Just all of the claims on ho...
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