Download This PaperMagnetic 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
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
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Katherine Stebbins
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