A Study of the Time for Final Development,Clinical Testing and Diffusion of Certain Biomedical Instruments.

摘要

In an effort to establish data for comparative purposes,time studies concerning selected biomedical instruments are undertaken. Individual comparative instrument case studies are generalized and compared to the time required for final development,clinical testing,and diffusion of a specific diagnostic ultrasonic imaging instrument. Based on these comparisons,the experimental clinical testing program for ultrasonic instrumentation can be evaluated. The work is divided into five tasks:selecting of instruments,defining beginning and end points and influences upon time for completing these phases;data collecting for prior events;monitoring of ongoing developments;and analyzing data and developing conclusions. This report summarizes progress to date and includes one copy of each previous progress report in Appendix 1. Appendix 2contains a review of the May 1975Second European Congress on Ultrasonics in Medicine in Munich,Germany.