Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Superconducting Electromagnet for "Indomitable" NMR Scanner
date: label: date made
content: 1977
name: label: maker
content: Damadian, Raymond V.
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
label: Description
content: Ref: Sonny Kleinfeld, A Machine Called Indomitable (New York, 1986).
label: Description
content: “Inside Dr. Damadian’s Magnet,” New York Times (Feb. 9, 1986), p. BR20.
label: Description
content: “Denied Nobel for M.R.I., He Wins Another Prize” New York Times (May 23, 2004), p. F3.
label: Description
content: Rick Weiss, "Prize Fight," Smithsonian (December 2003): 35-38.
label: Description
content: Julie Wakefield, "The 'Indomitable' MRI," Smithsonian (June 2000): 23-24.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Brooklyn
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Fonar Corporation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0575.01
label: accession number
content: 1986.0575
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electromagnet
label: Object Name
content: electromagnet for whole body scanner
label: Other Terms
content: Electromagnet; Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal; stainless steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 183 cm x 183 cm x 102 cm; 72 1/16 in x 72 1/16 in x 40 5/32 in