Magnetic resonance imaging scanner developed

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The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.4: American (US) Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary, 1945-present.
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In 1974 Dr Raymond Damadian (born 16th March, 1936) filed a patent for the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to detect cancerous tissue. This led Damadian to make the first whole-body magnetic resonance scan using a prototype device in 1977. Chemist Paul Lauterbur and British physicist Peter Mansfield received the 2003 Nobel Prize for the development of MRI.

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