MRI use has seen a 15% growth rate with more that 18 million procedures performed in the U.S. in 2001, according to a report by consulting firm IMV Medical Information. The data, released in a market summary report of 4,401 fixed MRI systems, also found an increase in MR use for vascular, breast, and cardiac procedures.
The Des Plaines, IL-based group said that vascular procedures are performed in 58% of the sites and account for 4% of the imaging studies on MRI, a 3% increase since 1994. Breast and cardiac procedures, although accounting for only 1% of the total studies, are performed by 23% and 13% of the surveyed sites, respectively.
The report compares current MRI trends with four previous surveys conducted by the firm in the 1990s. It is available at www.imvlimited.com.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writersJune 11, 2002
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