What is Raymond Damadian?
'''Raymond Vahan Damadian''' (March 16, 1936 – August 3, 2022) was an American physician and medical practitioner. He was known as the inventor of the first [[Magnetic resonance imaging|MR (magnetic resonance) scanning machine]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://lemelson.mit.edu/resources/raymond-v-damadian |title=Raymond V. Damadian |website=Lemelson-MIT |access-date=July 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161108003806/http://lemelson.mit.edu/resources/raymond-v-damadian |archive-date=November 8, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Damadian|first=R.|date=March 19, 1971|title=Tumor Detection by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance|url=https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.171.3976.1151|journal=Science|language=en|volume=171|issue=3976|pages=1151–1153|doi=10.1126/science.171.3976.1151|pmid=5544870|s2cid=31895129 |issn=0036-8075}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Odeblad|first1=E.|last2=Lindstrom|first2=G.|date=June 1, 1955|title=Some Preliminary Observations on the Proton Magnetic Resonance in Biologic Samples|url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/028418515504300606|journal=Acta Radiologica|volume=Original Series, Volume 43|issue=6|pages=469–476|doi=10.1177/028418515504300606|s2cid=208241205 |issn=0284-1851}}</ref> He was born in [[New York City]]. He received a [[National Medal of Technology]] in 1988 and was honored into the [[National Inventors Hall of Fame]] in 1989.<ref>[https://people.forbes.com/profile/raymond-v-damadian/34382 Raymond Damadian receives the National Medal of Technology in 1988 and is inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1989.]{{dead link|date=January 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Damadian died on August 3, 2022 in [[Woodbury, Nassau County, New York|Woodbury, New York]] at the age of 86.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Raymond Vahan Damadian, the Father of MRI, Chairman and Founder of FONAR Corporation, Dies at 86 |url=https://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/raymond-vahan-damadian-the-father-of-mri-chairman-and-founder-of-fonar-corporation-dies-at-86 |access