Integration of digital flat panel technology into mobile X-ray systems is forecast to drive a 55% increase in global mobile X-ray system revenues by 2014, according to a new report“The World Market for General Radiography and Fluoroscopy X-Ray Equipment – 2010” from InMedica
In the last ten years, room based X-ray system technology has shifted from basic analogue to a variety of “digital” solutions, such as computed radiography (CR), charged couple device (CCD) and flat panel detector (FPD). Of these, FPD has led to significant improvements in dose-reduction, image quality, and processing speed, with FPD X-ray systems now viewed as the industry “gold-standard”.
“The benefits of FPD technology in radiography applications has been proven in the room-based X-ray systems market, and has spurred demand for FPD technology in mobile X-ray systems” commented Stephen Holloway, Market Analyst at InMedica. “Manufacturers have been fast to act on this demand, with a multitude of mobile systems and retrofit FPD solution released in the past three years.”
According to the most recent InMedica report, unit shipments of digital mobile X-ray systems are forecast to increase by more than 20% each year over the next 5 years.
source: Balkans Business News
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