Cost savings from early disease detection and clinicians' demand for better, more accurate diagnostic tools will lead to 5.8% annual growth for molecular imaging devices, according to a new report by healthcare market research firm Kalorama Information of New York City.
At that rate, the report predicts, the global market for molecular imaging devices would reach $6.6 billion by 2014.
The report noted that while rapid advances in molecular imaging devices are driving growth, physicians are demanding better products with minimal invasiveness, enhanced imaging processing time, lower imaging cost, less radiation dose, and optimal resolution and contrast.
The market could show additional growth, the authors added, if physicians' demands are met and there is a rise in patient confidence in the modality.
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