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この調査レポートは、米国のデジタル・ラジオグラフィー(ＤＲ)装置(Single-Detector Systems，Dual-Detector Systems，Single-Detector Upgrades，Dual-Detector Upgrades)，コンピューテッド・ラジオグラフィー(ＣＲ)装置(ローエンド装置，ハイエンド装置)市場を調査しています。テクノロジーと市場のトレンド，需要予測(2016年まで)，価格トレンド予測(2016年まで)，累積設置台数予測(2016年まで)，１日当りの出力数・利用回数・処理数予測(2016年まで)，参入企業の競争分析とマーケットシェア，各社の主な製品，ユーザーの内訳などについて記載しています。

Research Overview

This Frost & Sullivan research service titled U.S. Digital and Computed Radiography (DR/CR) Markets provides important trends, measurements and analyses of the U.S. DR and CR markets. Both the economic recession and evolving health legislations impact the business decisions of vendors and consumers in the market.

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Market Overview

Providing a Diverse DR Product Portfolio is Key to Growth in the U.S. Digital and Computed Radiography Markets

The most prominent factor driving growth in the U.S. DR/CR market is the increasing need for medical imaging equipment as end users strive to improve operational cost efficiency. As additional medical equipment purchase taxes and further medical procedure reimbursement rate cuts are implemented, end users know that they must find ways to decrease their operational costs in order to sustain their businesses. Analog end users performing more than a dozen X-rays per day realize that the fastest and most obvious way to improve their operational cost efficiency is to replace their existing equipment with digital technology. "The elimination of film-related costs, reduction in equipment space requirements, and potential increases in revenues due to faster workflow are only a few of the many cost advantages of DR/CR over conventional radiography," notes the analyst of this research service. "Comparing the costs of purchasing a new DR/CR system versus continuing to use an existing analog system can reveal operational cost savings of more than 50 percent." Although there are no mandates related to digital imaging on the horizon, the government has indicated that it supports digitization in healthcare through its interests in digital IT standards. Decline in picture archiving and communication system (PACS) prices have enabled more DR/CR vendors to bundle archiving solutions into their hardware sales. DR/CR unit offerings that include PACS provide comprehensive solutions and are therefore more attractive to buyers.

Owing to the tough economic circumstances and uncertainties in the healthcare policy during 2008 and 2009, the U.S. DR/CR markets had undergone significant contraction in annual revenue and unit shipment size. The economic crisis has severely limited capital resources available to major medical institutions, thereby forcing many of them to implement capital-spending freezes. Consequently, a large number of DR/CR unit sales were not completed in 2009, which, in turn, severely affected the U.S. DR/CR market unit shipment figures. If the U.S. economic conditions begin to move in a favorable direction, then more financing is expected to be available for buyers. This will become less of an impediment to vendors in the market.

During this challenging time, however, vendors offering more diverse and affordable DR solution options have been better able to sustain their financial figures. Currently, the most daunting issue for vendors in the U.S. DR/CR market is potential buyers’ financial struggles and lack of capital available for purchasing. Nonetheless, as the number of benefits in using DR continues to grow and end users slowly move away from their price conscious behavior, it is important that vendors maintain a broad range of DR solutions as well as strong customer-specific consultative services. "U.S. DR/CR market vendors need to perform customized cost analyses for potential customers and offer potent pricing solutions which help customers meet their financial goals," says the analyst. "Vendors’ ability to provide such services and options will enable them to steal a march over competitors in this highly competitive space."

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