Yeah tell me about it!
From your pro-Damadian link
But Dr. Damadian's initial work had several flaws. His scanning method relied on a point-by-point analysis of the entire human body, which proved impractical. And it turned out that relaxation rates are not a reliable indicator of cancer, as his paper had theorized.
Nevertheless, his observation of T1 and T2 differences in cancerous tissue was a Eureka moment for Paul Lauterbur. After seeing Dr. Damadian's experiment repeated by a graduate student, Mr. Lauterbur dined at a hamburger joint, where he had a flash of brilliance.
But Dr. Damadian's initial work had several flaws. His scanning method relied on a point-by-point analysis of the entire human body, which proved impractical.
Exactly.
This is simply not imaging, in the sense in which everyone in the field describes it, any more than taking an individual X-ray of every small part of the body is a CAT scan. As far as I can tell, Damadian does not even understand the mathematics of reconstructing a three dimensional image from two dimensional projections. And Damadian's contention that he would have 'eventually' come up with Lauterbur's insight is an admission of failure. The fact is, he didn't, and then he disgraced himself by fighting a 25 year campaign to steal credit for another man's work. But you can take in a lot of suckers with a $100m bankroll.