# R Damadian — Patents explained on PatentBrief

R Damadian has 1 landmark patent explained in plain English on PatentBrief.

- [Using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance to Detect Cancer in Tissue](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/3789832/mri-magnetic-resonance-imaging) — granted 1974
  This 1974 patent describes a method and apparatus using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) to measure how quickly certain atomic nuclei in a tissue sample return to their normal energy state, helping to distinguish cancerous from healthy tissue.

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