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Raymond Damadian, an Uncommon card
Raymond Vahan Damadian was an American physician, medical researcher, and inventor of the first nuclear magnetic resonance scanning machine.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 73
- DEF
- 66
- Power
- 139
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 44,000
Power 139 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Raymond Damadian quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Raymond Damadian card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Damadian was the first to perform a full-body scan of a human being in 1977 to ______ cancer.
Answer
diagnose. Damadian was the first to perform a full-body scan of a human being in 1977 to diagnose cancer. From the Raymond Damadian article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Damadian's research into sodium and potassium in living cells led him to his first experiments with nuclear magnetic resonance which caused him to first propose the MR body scanner in ____.
Answer
1960s. Damadian's research into sodium and potassium in living cells led him to his first experiments with nuclear magnetic resonance which caused him to first propose the MR body scanner in 1969. From the Raymond Damadian article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Émile Coué. Émile Coué 79 · Raymond Damadian 73 · Radio receiver 70 · Cat's Eye Nebula 67 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Damadian's research into sodium and potassium in living cells led him to his first experiments with nuclear magnetic resonance which caused him to first propose the MR body scanner in 1969.
- Damadian discovered that tumors and normal tissue can be distinguished in vivo by nuclear magnetic resonance because of their prolonged relaxation times, both T1 or T2.
- Damadian was the first to perform a full-body scan of a human being in 1977 to diagnose cancer.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Raymond Damadian article was read about 44,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 73 and blocks with 66: each hit it takes is cut by 26 %.
How to get Raymond Damadian
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Text : Wikipedia, Raymond Damadian (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Madkennyboy, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
