The medical imaging and informatics market evolves rapidly, in tandem with the transformation that the global healthcare industry is experiencing. Various opportunities and challenges emerge as the industry greatly emphasizes advancing patient care–sustainability, health equity, staff shortages, and the rapid growth of AI in medical imaging are the topics that most attract the industry's interest.

In that context, this report seeks to identify and present the top 5 growth opportunities in the medical imaging and informatics industry. Technological solutions, such as AI and cloud, may help overcome staff shortages and be applied for various applications in different imaging modalities. Mobile imaging solutions will help provide access to rural patients as well as aged or immobile patients who require diagnostic imaging at their bedside or in non-hospital sites. Regarding sustainability, medical imaging equipment manufacturers aim to achieve net zero emissions in the next two decades by taking various measures to reduce carbon emissions in the magnetic resonance segment.

Author: Anantharaman Viswanathan