• 1.1 MRI Overview
• 1.2 Clinical Utility
• 1.3 Key Applications
  • 1.3.1 Angiography
  • 1.3.2 Cardiac
  • 1.3.3 Whole Body
  • 1.3.4 Head
  • 1.3.5 Spine
  
  
• 1.4 World Market Summary
  • 1.4.1 Key Challenges
  • 1.4.1.1 Safety
  • 1.4.1.2 Shortage of Technologists
  • 1.4.1.3 Streamlining System Operations
  • 1.4.1.4 High Costs
  • 1.4.5 World Market Growth
  
  
• 1.5 Methodology

Chapter Two: Introduction

• 2.1 A Basis in NMR
• 2.2 History
  • 2.2.1 First Commercial Unit
  
  
• 2.3 Imaging Techniques
  • 2.3.1 Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI
  • 2.3.2 Diffusion Tensor Imaging
  • 2.3.3 T2*-weighted gradient-echo MRI
  
  
• 2.4 Hardware
  • 2.4.1 Closed and Open Systems
  • 2.4.1.1 Various Designs
  
  
• 2.5 Competing Modalities
  • 2.5.1 Computed Tomography
  • 2.5.2 The X-Ray
  • 2.5.3 Ultrasound
  
  
• 2.6 Challenges and Issues for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and Component Vendors
  • 2.6.1 Better Coil Design
  • 2.6.2 Optimizing Magnets
  • 2.6.3 Improving Throughput, Patient Friendliness
  • 2.6.4 Safety
  • 2.6.5 Cost
  • 2.6.6 General Device Concerns
  • 2.6.7 Substantiating Claims

Chapter Three: Key Applications

• 3.1 Head and Neck
• 3.2 Spine
• 3.3 Angiography
• 3.4 Cardiac
• 3.5 Whole Body
• 3.6 Breast - Adjunct to Mammography
• 3.7 Chest
• 3.8 Prostate
• 3.9 Brain

Chapter Four: Markets

• 4.1 Influence of An Older Population
• 4.2 Head, Neck, and Brain Scanning
• 4.3 Heart-Cardio Scanning
• 4.4 Breast Scans
• 4.5 Geographic Analysis

Chapter Five: Corporate Profiles

• 5.1 Advanced Imaging Research Inc.
• 5.2 American Magnetics, Inc.
• 5.3 Analogic Corp.
• 5.4 B. E. Peterson Inc.
• 5.5 Biophan Technologies Inc.
• 5.6 Doty Scientific Inc.
• 5.7 Esaote SpA
• 5.8 Fonar Corp.
• 5.9 GE Healthcare
• 5.10 Hitachi Medical Systems America, Inc.
• 5.11 Hologic Inc.
• 5.12 Invivo Corp.
• 5.13 MagneVu
• 5.14 Met Plas
• 5.15 Millennium Technology Inc.
• 5.16 MR Instruments Inc.
• 5.18 Philips Medical Systems
• 5.19 Resonance Research Inc.
• 5.20 Siemens Medical Solutions
• 5.21 Toshiba America Medical Systems
• 5.22 Varian Medical Systems

List of Exhibits

Chapter One: Executive Summary

• Exhibit 1: Market Summary: World Market for Medical Magnetic Resonance
• Imaging Systems 2006, 2008, 2010

Chapter Four: Markets

• Exhibit 2: Worldwide Medical MRI Installed Base by System Type 2006
• Exhibit 3: Worldwide Medical MRI System Prices Cost per Unit by Type
• Exhibit 4: MRI Market Trends
• Exhibit 5: Number of Imaging Procedures Performed in United States by Type (US, SPECT, MRI, CT, PET) 2003-2009
• Exhibit 6: Key Players’ Percentage Share—Worldwide Medical MRI Equipment Market, 2005
• Exhibit 7: Key Players’ Percentage Share—Worldwide Medical MRI Equipment Market
• Exhibit 8: U.S .Market Revenues for MRI Systems Used in Head, Neck, and Brain Scanning 2006-2010
• Exhibit 9: U.S. Market for MRI Systems Used in Heart-Cardio Scanning 2006-2010
• Exhibit 10: World Market for Medical MRI Systems 2006-2010 Revenues
• Exhibit 11: North American Market for Medical MRI Systems 2006-2010 Revenues
• Exhibit 12: European Market for Medical MRI Systems 2006-2010 Revenues
• Exhibit 13: Asian-Latin American Market for Medical MRI Systems 2006-2010 Revenues
• Exhibit 14: China-Other Emerging Markets for Medical MRI Systems 2006-2010 Revenues
• Exhibit 15: World Market for Medical MRI Systems 2006-2010 Growth of Installed Base
• Exhibit 16: North American Market for Medical MRI Systems 2006-2010 Growth of Installed Base
• Exhibit 17: European Market for Medical MRI Systems 2006-2010 Growth of Installed Base
• Exhibit 18: Asian-Latin American Market for Medical MRI Systems 2006-2010 Growth of Installed Base
• Exhibit 19: China-Other Emerging Markets for Medical MRI Systems 2006-2010 Growth of Installed Base