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MRI MARKET STRENGTHS 22
SUPERIOR IMAGING FOR SOME SITUATIONS 22
CONTINUING EVOLUTION OF MORE POWERFUL EQUIPMENT 23
NEW APPLICATIONS FOR EQUIPMENT 23
MARKET CHALLENGES 23
MATURE MARKET IN DEVELOPED NATIONS 23
DIFFERENTIATING PRODUCT CAPABILITIES 23
Unit Capabilities 24
COMPLEX TECHNOLOGY AND LACK OF PERSONNEL 24
LONG SALES AND INSTALLATION CYCLES 24
HIGHER COST THAN OTHER TECHNOLOGIES 24
COMPETITIVE TECHNOLOGIES 25
TABLE 6 ADVANTAGES/DISADVANTAGES OF IMAGING
TECHNOLOGIES 25
FIGURE 1 PERCENT OF MARKET, BY TYPE OF IMAGING, IN THE U.S., 2010 (%) 26
Chapter-4: MRI EQUIPMENT OVERVIEW
CHAPTER FOUR: MRI EQUIPMENT OVERVIEW 27
TYPES OF SYSTEMS 27
TABLE 7 PROJECTED GLOBAL REVENUE, BY SYSTEM TYPE,
THROUGH 2015 ($ MILLIONS) 27
MRI CONFIGURATIONS 27
FIGURE 2 MARKET SHARE, BY CONFIGURATION, FOR MRI SYSTEMS, 2009 AND 2015 (%) 28
CLOSED MRI SCANNERS 29
OPEN MRI SCANNERS 29
WHOLE-BODY MRI SCANNER 29
LOW- AND MID-FIELD SYSTEMS 30
TABLE 8 PROJECTED GLOBAL REVENUE FOR LOW- AND
MID-FIELD SYSTEMS, BY CONFIGURATION, THROUGH
2015 ($ MILLIONS) 31
HIGH-FIELD SYSTEMS 31
TABLE 9 PROJECTED GLOBAL REVENUE FOR HIGH-FIELD SYSTEMS,
BY CONFIGURATION, THROUGH 2015 ($ MILLIONS) 31
VERY-HIGH-FIELD SYSTEMS 32
BENEFITS OF VERY-HIGH-FIELD SYSTEMS 32
LIMITATIONS OF 3T SCANNERS 32
TABLE 10 PROJECTED GLOBAL RE4VENUE FOR VERY-HIGH-FIELD
SYSTEMS, BY CONFIGURATION, THROUGH 2015 ($ MILLIONS) 33
ULTRAHIGH-FIELD SYSTEMS 33
TABLE 11 PROJECTED GLOBAL REVENUE FOR ULTRAHIGH-FIELD
SYSTEMS, BY CONFIGURATION, THROUGH 20
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