The Diffusion of New Imaging Technologies: A Molecular Imaging Prospective

Tecnologias para investigação da DAC: relação entre publicações científicas e utilização clínica

“…Regardless of the causes that led to the substitution of EBCT by MDCT, the results herein presented corroborate the hypothesis made by other authors 10,11 that the scientific production on a certain technology is associated to the use of this technology in clinical practice, thus reinforcing the idea that the analysis of scientific literature can act as the indicator for the use of a certain technology in clinical practice. The observation of this association is quite interesting, as measuring the use of a technology in clinical practice is a hard task, due to the little availability of data on such use.…”

“…Bruce J. Hillman 10 , as mentioned before, suggests that the curve of technological dissemination is preceded by a similar curve, representing the dissemination of knowledge on the technology itself. In a recent analysis, presented at the Congress of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, in Toronto 16 , an association between the number of scientific articles published on a group of technologies used in Nuclear Medicine and the use of these technologies in clinical practice was observed.…”

“…Hillman 10 suggests that the sigmoid curve of technological dissemination in clinical practice is preceded by another sigmoid curve representative of the dissemination of the information that impels the commercial interest for the technology. According to Greer the medical area.…”

O perfil Brasileiro de propriedade intelectual em radiologia e diagnóstico por imagem em um contexto internacional, nos anos 2000-2009

“…This is equivalent to mention that the country is not only economically not viable for the licensing of technology or industrialization of medical radiological equipment based on technological innovation, mainly those related to nuclear materials in the "G" definition group (Table 1), but also that the country's research & development platform is still producing innovation at a very slow pace in all investigated categories. Considering the theme investigated in the present study, this is rather worrisome, as more people will have access or will demand access to more expensive and complex imaging studies (25) . Additionally, modern evidencebased medicine increasingly demands examinations with more reliable results, with lower risk both to patients and the specialist and at accessible operational cost (26) , which can only be attained with a research & development platform strongly focused on science, technology and innovation (27) .…”