Magnetic Resonance Imaging - High Quality and Radiation Free: Case Histories of Transformational Advances

This case history describes how 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) how US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the new device was secured (in the early 1980s); 3) postapproval commercial adoptions (in the late 1980s); and 4) growth in adoptions and MRI use --- after setbacks (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

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Bhide, Amar and Datar, Srikant and Stebbins, Katherine, Magnetic Resonance Imaging - High Quality and Radiation Free: Case Histories of Transformational Advances (May 31, 2024). 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