Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Case Histories of Significant Medical Advances

Bhide, Amar; Datar, Srikant; Stebbins, Katherine

doi:10.2139/ssrn.3427247

Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Case Histories of Significant Medical Advances

Harvard Business School Accounting & Management Unit Working Paper No. 20-001

Harvard Business School General Management Unit Working Paper No. 20-001

34 Pages Posted: 26 Jul 2019 Last revised: 25 Jun 2021

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Amar Bhide

Harvard University - Business School (HBS)

Srikant Datar

Harvard University - Accounting & Control Unit

Katherine Stebbins

Harvard University - Business School (HBS)

Date Written: July 1, 2021

Abstract

We describe how and why Magnetic Resource Imaging (MRI) came to complement – and partially replace -- computed tomography (CT) imaging of soft tissue. Specifically we chronicle: 1) the development of foundational techniques and prototypes (through the 1970s); 2) initial commercialization and routine diagnostic use (in the 1980s); and 3) growth in sales and uses (in the 1990s).

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment, Technological Innovation, Innovation Strategy, Technology Adoption, Collaborative Innovation and Invention, Innovation and Invention, Governing Rules Regulations and Reforms

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

Bhide, Amar and Datar, Srikant and Stebbins, Katherine, Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Case Histories of Significant Medical Advances (July 1, 2021). Harvard Business School Accounting & Management Unit Working Paper No. 20-001, Harvard Business School General Management Unit Working Paper No. 20-001, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3427247 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3427247