Table of Contents

Chapter One: Executive Summary

• 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