PET Imaging

Despite its popularity as a signpost on the march to greater personalization of healthcare delivery, the domestic market for PET and PET/CT imaging technologies has slowed since the days of its double-digit growth, which came as recently as 2011.

According to a summary report issued by IMV, some 1.85 million clinical PET patient studies were performed in 2011, up 6 percent year-over-year. That’s only down about 1 percentage point from the annual growth rate of 7 percent IMV observed in the U.S. PET market from 2008-2010, and 4 percent from the 10 percent annual growth rate observed in the three years preceding that.

In fact, the bulk of the increase IMV noted as having taken place in 2011 originated with the expansion of PET technology to an increased number of sites, which expanded to include some 2,210 “hospital
and nonhospital sites, using fixed or mobile PET/CT or PET scanners,” according to a press release accompanying the report. That same release also indicated that the five states with the highest PET patient study volume are: California, Florida, New York, Texas and Pennsylvania.

Read more in the March 2013 issue of Medical Dealer Magazine.