According to a report from the Millennium Research Group (Waltham, Massachusetts), “Global Markets for C-Arms 2008,” the U.S. market for fixed C-arm systems, comprising units used for cardiology, angiography, and neuroradiology procedures, was valued at more than $1.4 billion in 2007 and will rise to over $1.8 billion by 2012.

The report says that in the U.S., several hospitals have begun using fixed C-arms in operating room (OR) environments. “This trend has emerged as a result of the physician movement towards collaborative surgeries, in which many specialists work together to perform complex procedures. The installation of a C-arm system in the OR allows for the ideal imaging environment for this approach.”

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