X-ray and Endoscopy Medical Imaging Applications & Technology Trends

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Yole Développement is pleased to release this overview report of all the solid-state image sensor technologies currently commercialized in endoscopy and X-ray imaging. Included in this report is market forecasts till 2017 with in-depth analysis of each product category is provided, along with a description of the main active players, recent technological evolutions and future trends.

SMALL MARKET, BUT HIGH GROWTH FUELED BY EMERGING PRODUCTS

The solid-state medical image sensor market is driven by two major applications: X-ray imaging and endoscopy.

Medical image sensor shipments will increase from 1.8M units to 4.2M units in 2017, fueled by growing sales of disposable endoscopes and camera pills. These emerging products will find broad adoption in clinical practices owing to incentives being provided in Europe and the US to reduce nosocomial infections. 

From a revenue stand point, medical image sensor market  will grow at a significant 9% CAGR in  the 2012-2017 period, and is expected to reach $112M in 2017. X-ray image sensors account for 93% of total medical image sensors market revenue due to the ultra expensive price of X-ray sensors.

In this report, you will find details on the market evolution in revenue, volume and wafer shipments.

INNOVATIVE PRODUCTS GIVE RISE TO NEW APPLICATIONS AND CREATE NEW MARKETS

The medical image sensor market is characterized by a straight duality between X-ray imaging and endoscopy applications on price and volume. X-ray imaging is a very high-end market with a multitude of players, while endoscopy market is a high volume and low price point market with a limited number of players.

Seven segments are identified and need to be considered separately because they implicate different supply chains, drivers, and technical specifications.  In this report, each of these segments is described with market drivers & technology trends.

X-ray and endoscopy markets are in evolving quickly, and are the source of numerous innovations at both equipment and application levels. Emerging products like disposable endoscopes, camera pills and CMOS X-ray flat panels are poised to drive the growth of medical image sensors in both volume  and revenue, and help new players to enter the market. 

CMOS image sensors are a decade old technology, but a second wave of innovation has recently taken place and CMOS image sensors will quickly gain market shares in both endoscopy and X-ray markets at the expense of CCD sensors and a-Si flat panels.

CCD technology will continue to dominate historical endoscopymarkets i.e. flexible and rigid endoscopy, growing at a moderate rate of 6%.

X-ray imaging and amorphous silicon detectors will stay the mainstream technology for very large static X-ray imaging thanks to their cost effectiveness.

A new X-ray technology mixing CMOS circuits and advanced packaging technologies is currently under development by all major players of X-ray imaging such as Philips or Siemens. That technology, namely Single Photon Counting  is expected by 2017 and is the next milestone of X-ray medical diagnostic.

In this report, you will find detailed markets forecasts by product & technology, along with application & technology trends. 

Currently some historical players like Karl Storz or Hoya in endoscopy, or Trixell and General Electric in X-ray, have stood back. But what will they do as these growing markets will reach critical size? Some acquisitions have already occurred, and are ideal for big players to quickly complement their product portfolio and keep offering leading edge products with low technological risk.

This report includes the key companies to watch and their positional strength in the supply chain.

WHO SHOULD BUY THIS REPORT?

-CMOS, CCD & a-Si foundries, packaging houses, sensors vendors-Assess the TAM – total accessible market of your company's related products in  endoscopy and X-ray imaging.-Identify technology trends, challenges and precise requirements for the different market applications.-Medical equipment manufacturers-Understand the X-ray and endoscopy manufacturing supply and value chain.-Assess the positioning of your product in these dynamic market.

KEY FEATURES OF THE REPORT

-Technologies balance of forces for each medical device-Endoscopy and X-ray equipment: market drivers & forecasts  in revenue and in volume-Medical image sensors: market drivers & forecasts in revenue, volume and wafers-Detailed supply chain and value chain analysis 

Introduction p 10

Definitions, objectives  & scope of the report

Medical Sensor  technologies overview p 23

CCD image sensors

CMOS image sensors

Amorphous silicon flat panels

Technologies comparison

Medical image sensors market overview p 25

Global imaging market

Forecasts in revenue/volume

Endoscopy market

Split by technology (CCD & CMOS)

Forecasts in revenue/volume/wafer shipments

X-ray imaging market

Split by technology (CCD, CMOS and a-Si)

Forecasts in revenue/volume/wafer shipments

CCD medical image sensors market

Forecasts by product category

CMOS medical image sensors market

Forecasts split by product category

a-Si flat panel sensors market

Forecasts split by product category

Market segmentation p54

Market drivers by segment 

Technology positionning

Product categories description p72

Focus on endoscopy applications

Rigid endoscopes p82

Flexible endoscopes p94

Camera pills p104

Disposable endoscopes p129

Focus on X-ray  imaging applications

Dental market p162

Split by application

Intraoral imaging

Panoramic imaging

3D CBCT

Medical imaging market p173

Split by application

Intraoral imaging

Panoramic imaging

3D CBCT

Medical image sensors supply chain p198

Rigid endoscopes

Flexible endoscopes

Camera pills

Disposable endoscopes

X-ray intraoral detectors

X-ray flat panel detectors

Medical image sensors challenges p217

Conclusions & Perspectives

To order this report:Medical_Imaging Industry: X-ray and Endoscopy Medical Imaging Applications & Technology Trends

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