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The Life Cycle Of Medical Imaging Technology

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  • Anca-Liliana Opriş

    (Politehnica University Bucharest, Romania)

  • Sorin Cristian Ionescu

    (Politehnica University Bucharest, Romania)

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Knowing the life cycle of medical technologies plays a crucial role in the continued performance of medical technology used to treat and cure patients. To this end, we analyzed the characteristics of the non-invasive medical technology lifecycle, taking as a case study the medical imaging technologies (MIT). This paper examines this issue in a chronological manner, starting from the discovery of X rays (1895), the origin of the first medical imaging technology or computer tomography (CT) up to the modern hybrid medical imaging (PET CT, PET MRI). PET represents the positron emission tomography, and MRI is the magnetic resonance imaging. Thus, it has been identified the stage of MIT (CT, PET, MRI, PET-CT, PET, MRI) life cycle and found that traditional imaging (CT, MRI, PET) suffered multiple incremental improvements over time, currently being in a mature stage, while in the coming years it is expected to enter into a slow decline due to the increasing use of the hybrids (PET-CT, PET-MRI). The life cycle of medical imaging technologies is found in various stages: a) initial phase for PET-MRI, b) growth phase for PET-CT and c) the maturity phase for CT, MRI and PET, taken separately. MIT hybrid type revolutionized medical technology that has not changed in its essence for 40 years, relying only on incremental changes.

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  • Anca-Liliana Opriş & Sorin Cristian Ionescu, 2016. "The Life Cycle Of Medical Imaging Technology," Romanian Economic Business Review, Romanian-American University, vol. 10(2), pages 404-415, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:rau:journl:v:10:y:2016:i:2:p:404-415
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