1. Magnetic Resonance Imaging
... Damadian, Dr. Larry Minkoff, and Dr. Micheal Goldsmith worked for seven grueling hours to obtain the first pictures, and they were not considered all that good to begin with. (www.howstuffworks.com) They name of the original machine was called "indomitable" because of the struggle that the doctors went through, and because they achieved what many doctors and scientists said was unachievable ... an electric current that is passed through. This process creates a magnetic field. These magnets are cheaper to construct than other magnets but require a massive amount of electricity to operate...
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