The (Amorphous) anatomy of an invention: The case of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 533-560

  Prasad, Amit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Authorship; Discovery; Invention; Magnetic resonance imaging; Priority dispute

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARDS AND PRIZES; HISTORY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATENT; RESEARCH; WRITING;

AUTHORSHIP; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NOBEL PRIZE; PATENTS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH;

EID: 34547484343     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: 14603659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312706075334     Document Type: Article

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