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Diffusion of an innovation: adoption of CT scanners
Radiologic Technology
|November 1, 1985
Abstract:
"Diffusion of Innovation" is a marketing theory that predicts the pattern of adoption of new products. The characteristics of an innovation and the "diffusion stages" of a new product as it moves toward widespread adoption are described. Then, the predictions of diffusion theory are compared to the pattern of adoption of CT.