Diagnostic Imaging Market: Recent Advances and Future Trends

Table of Contents

• Executive Summary
  • Strategic Considerations
  • Stakeholder Implications
• Overview of the Diagnostic Imaging Market
• Key Diagnostic Imaging Technologies
  • X Ray
  • Computed Tomography
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Nuclear Medicine Imaging
    • Single-Photon-Electron-Computed Tomography
    • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Ultrasound
• Opportunities for Industry Growth
  • Improving Clinical Applications
  • Developing Hybrid Modalities
    • PET/CT
    • SPECT/CT
    • MRI/PET
  • Improving Imaging Agents
  • Advances in Information Technology
    • Picture Archiving and Communication System
    • Computer-Aided Detection/Diagnosis
  • Exploiting Nanotechnology
• Key Challenges Faced by the Industry
  • Issues of Reimbursement
  • More Approvals for Tracer Agents
• Company Profi les
  • GE Healthcare
  • Siemens Medical Solutions
  • Philips Medical Systems
• Outlook
• Appendix A. Imaging Agents in Clinical Development

Tables

• 1. Advantages and Disadvantages of Major Diagnostic Imaging Modalities
• 2. Select 99mTc Radiopharmaceuticals in Clinical Application
• 3. Diagnostic Imaging Collaborations of GE Healthcare, 2000-Present
• 4. Diagnostic Imaging Collaborations of Siemens Medical Solutions, 2000-Present
• 5. Diagnostic Imaging Collaborations of Philips Medical Systems, 2000-Present
• 6. Trends That Companies Should Heed for Future Success

Figures

• 1. The U.S. Diagnostic Imaging Market, 2005-2011
• 2. Market Value of Major Diagnostic Imaging Modalities, United States, 2005-2011
• 3. Clinical Applications of Diagnostic Imaging Techniques
• 4. Worldwide Revenues for Imaging Agents, 2007-2012
• 5. Leading Companies in the U.S. Diagnostic Imaging Market, 2006
• 6. Comparison of Leading Companies by Diagnostic Imaging Modality, United States, 2006