Object Details
- Damadian, Raymond V.
- Description
- Raymond Vahan Damadian (1936–2022) was an Armenian-American physician who invented an NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) scanning machine. A team working under Damadian’s direction built the "Indomitable" NMR in 1977. In 1978, Damadian formed his own firm, Fonar (which stood for "Field Focused Nuclear Magnetic Resonance"), to produce NMR scanners; the first commercial one appeared in 1981.
- Ref: Sonny Kleinfeld, A Machine Called Indomitable (New York, 1986).
- “Inside Dr. Damadian’s Magnet,” New York Times (Feb. 9, 1986), p. BR20.
- “Denied Nobel for M.R.I., He Wins Another Prize” New York Times (May 23, 2004), p. F3.
- Rick Weiss, "Prize Fight," Smithsonian (December 2003): 35-38.
- Julie Wakefield, "The 'Indomitable' MRI," Smithsonian (June 2000): 23-24.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Fonar Corporation
- 1977
- ID Number
- 1986.0575.01
- accession number
- 1986.0575
- Object Name
- electromagnet
- electromagnet for whole body scanner
- Other Terms
- Electromagnet; Medicine
- Physical Description
- metal; stainless steel (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 183 cm x 183 cm x 102 cm; 72 1/16 in x 72 1/16 in x 40 5/32 in
- place made
- United States: New York, Brooklyn
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_738503
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-55f1-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
