The transfer and commercialization of university-developed medical imaging technology: Opportunities and problems

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 289-298

  Del Campo, Anthony A ^a   Sparks, Andrew ^b   Hill, Robert C ^a   Keller, Robert T ^b  

^a BCM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Technology transfer; University commercialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844398169     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/17.775281     Document Type: Article

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