Development of Ultrasound Scanning: Case Histories of Significant Medical Advances

We describe how efforts on multiple fronts, including advocacy, training and technological development made ultrasound the second most used diagnostic imaging technology (after X-rays). Specifically, we chronicle: 1) ultrasound’s development and introduction in the 1950s and 1960s; 2) clinical adoption in the 1970s; 3) continued growth in the 1980s; and 4) new product introductions 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, Development of Ultrasound Scanning: Case Histories of Significant Medical Advances (May 15, 2021). Harvard Business School Accounting & Management Unit Working Paper No. 20-003 (2019), Harvard Business School General Management Unit Working Paper No. 20-003, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3427400 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3427400