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Japan – Greatest Potential For Digital Radiography
by karen on Sep.18, 2009, under Medical
Japan represents a heterogeneous market for DR systems, characterised by a well-developed and technologically sophisticated health-care infrastructure.An interesting fact is that it is perhaps the market with the greatest number of retrofit and portable DR sales.
Hospitals in Japan that have recently invested in new analogue X-ray equipment seem to be the core purchasers of DR upgrade solutions. The Japanese market for DR systems will be one of the fastest growing in the world through to 2010.
The mandate for a more efficient delivery of services and the willingness to invest in health-care are two important factors that are likely to increase the market size and thus increase the potential revenues attainable within the market.
(See article within: Medical Imaging Technology Magazine)
Digital Mammography And Clinical Review Display Units Energising The European Markets For Medical Imaging Display Monitors
by karen on Sep.09, 2009, under Medical
Diagnostic display monitors have experienced slow growth in 2007 due to picture archiving and communication system (PACS) installations across radiology departments of European hospitals having reached saturation.
However, favourable regulations mandating the sales of 5MP displays for digital mammography have ensured high-volume sales in several European countries. The increasing demand for clinical review display monitors from private practitioners has also ensured very high growth rates for medical imaging display monitors.
European Medical Imaging Display Monitors Market, finds that the market earned revenues of $207.2 million in 2007 and estimates this to reach $520.4 million in 2014. The following segments are covered in this research: acquisition display, diagnostic display, surgical display, clinical review display and mammography display.
“PACS installations are set to expand beyond their conventional deployment in radiology departments with the market for diagnostic display monitors poised to grow steadily in the cardiology and surgical departments of European hospitals.”
The mounting demand to include colour images in the daily workflow of radiologists has supported sustained market growth in the past two years. Display manufacturers will also benefit from the steady increase in PACS installations across cardiology departments.
The sales of acquisition displays suffered in 2007 due to most imaging modalities such as computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) reaching maturity. Market growth has also been adversely affected by the saturation in radiology PACS installations in European hospitals. The lack of stringent standards and mandates will affect volume sales of clinical review display monitors in the coming years.
(See article: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com)
