The globaldiagnostic imaging marketis expected to grow from$20.7 billionin 2010 to$26.6 billionby 2016, at an estimated CAGR of 4.2% from 2011 to 2016. Increasing aging population and widening applications of diagnostic imaging due to continuous developments are predominantly driving thediagnostic imagingmarket. In addition, with increasing awareness amongst consumers regarding preventive care and development of products that result in harmless imaging is further receiving a boost.

The emerging trend that is catching interest of the players is fusion of nuclear imaging with different modalities of diagnostic imaging products. The merging of imaging modalities such asPET/CT,SPECT/CT, and MRI/PET help in providing full gamut of imaging scans through the same unit and at the same time. Further, portablediagnostic equipmentsare also facing an immense demand from physicians.

X-ray constituted the largest percentage share of around 34% share in 2010; followed by Ultrasound (21%), CT scan (19.5%),MRI(18.5%), and nuclear medicine (7%). With respect to geographies, the market is dominated by America with a total market share of around 36.3% in 2010, followed byEurope(27.3%),Asia(27%), and ROW (9.4%).

GE (U.S.), Philips (The Netherlands), and Siemens (Germany) together constitute the majority of the market with Philips market share equaled to GE due to increased focus towards the emerging market. The other players that are rapidly gaining presence in the market are Toshiba (Japan), Hitachi (Japan), and Hologic (U.S.).

Scope of the report

The report analyzes geography; forecasting revenues, and trends in each of the following submarkets:

• X-ray
• CT
• MRI
• Ultrasound
• Nuclear imaging