Ultrasound is a high-frequency cyclic sound pressure procedure to view the internal organs and generate images of the human body. This technique is non-invasive as it does not penetrate the skin or body openings and has tremendous diagnostic and therapeutic applications. Ultrasound imaging is mainly used in the areas of cardiology, gynecology, and radiology. For the future, other segments, such as emergency care, surgery and intensive care are expected to expand rapidly.

The global ultrasound market is mainly concentrated in Europe, North America, and Japan with Asia expected to show strongest growth in the low-end and compact segments. This market is expected to grow due to introduction of new technologies, user friendliness, cost-reduction and more advanced use of ultrasound in medical diagnostics. Growth will be triggered with suppliers offering flexible portfolio of quality ultrasound systems and services along with software and education.

This report covers technological advancements and trends in ultrasound devices. The ultrasound market is also estimated by product portability and is divided into portable and cart based systems. These systems are further classified into B/W and Color Doppler ultrasound equipments. The market is also derived on the basis of price range; low end, mid range and high range products. By applications the market is divided into Radiology, Cardiology, Obstetrics &Gynecology and Surgical. The ultrasound market is also estimated by technologies like 2D, 3D, 4D imaging and Doppler ultrasound. Doppler ultrasound is sub-segmented into continuous wave Doppler, color Doppler, power Doppler and spectral/duplex Doppler. The geographies covered are U.S., Europe, Japan, APAC and Rest of the World (ROW).

The global ultrasound market is dominated by four main suppliers, (Philips Healthcare, GE Healthcare, Toshiba Medical Solutions, and Siemens Healthcare) with substantial market capitalization in 2011. However, this market has witnessed a number of significant mergers and acquisitions like the merger of Aloka (Tokyo, Japan) and Hitachi Medical (Tokyo, Japan) and the acquisition of Medison (Seoul, Korea) by Samsung Electronics (Seoul, Korea).

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 INTRODUCTION
  1.1 KEY TAKE-AWAYS
  1.2 REPORT DESCRIPTION
  1.3 MARKETS COVERED
  1.4 STAKE HOLDERS
  1.5 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
      1.5.1 MARKET SIZE
      1.5.2 MARKET SHARE
      1.5.3 KEY DATA POINTS FROM SECONDARY SOURCE
      1.5.4 KEY DATA POINTS FROM PRIMARY SOURCE
      1.5.5 ASSUMPTIONS

2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

3 MARKET OVERVIEW
  3.1 INTRODUCTION
  3.2 EVOLUTION
  3.3 MARKET SEGMENTATION
  3.4 END USER ANALYSIS
  3.5 MARKET DYNAMICS
      3.5.1 DRIVERS
      3.5.2 RESTRAINTS
      3.5.3 OPPORTUNITIES
  3.6 WINNING IMPERATIVES
  3.7 BURNING ISSUES
  3.8 MARKET SHARE ANALYSIS
      3.8.1 BY SUB-SEGMENTS
      3.8.2 BY APPLICATION
      3.8.3 BY KEY PLAYERS
  3.9 TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES IN ULTRASOUND SYSTEMS
      3.9.1 CARDIAC ULTRASOUND SYSTEMS (CUS)
      3.9.2 INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND SYSTEMS (IVUS)
      3.9.3 CONTRAST ENHANCED ULTRASOUND (CEUS)
      3.9.4 COMPRESSION ULTRASONOGRAPHY
      3.9.5 ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE (ARFI)
      3.9.6 AUTOMATED BREAST VOLUME SCANNING (ABVS)
      3.9.7 CHANGES IN PROSTATE IMAGING
      3.9.8 MUSCULOSKELETAL ULTRASOUND SYSTEM
      3.9.9 HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND (HIFU)
      3.9.10 VOLUME IMAGING
      3.9.11 ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND
      3.9.12 MINIATURIZATION
      3.9.13 ULTRASOUND-MRI HYBRID
      3.9.14 ULTRASOUND-PACS

4 MARKET – BY PRODUCTS
  4.1 PORTABILITY
      4.1.1 PORTABLE SYSTEMS
            4.1.1.1 B/W Ultrasound Equipments
            4.1.1.2 Colour Doppler Equipments
      4.1.2 CART-BASED SYSTEMS
            4.1.2.1 B/W Ultrasound Equipments
            4.1.2.2 Colour Doppler Equipments
  4.2 BY TIER
      4.2.1 TIER 1 (HIGH RANGE)
      4.2.2 TIER 2 (MID RANGE)
      4.2.3 TIER 3 (LOW END)

5 MARKET – BY APPLICATIONS
  5.1 RADIOLOGY
  5.2 CARDIOLOGY
  5.3 OBSTETRICS/GYNECOLOGY
  5.4 SURGICAL
  5.5 OTHERS

6 MARKET – BY TECHNOLOGY
  6.1 2D IMAGING
  6.2 3D IMAGING
  6.3 4D IMAGING
  6.4 DOPPLER ULTRASOUND
      6.4.1 CONTINUOUS WAVE DOPPLER
      6.4.2 COLOUR DOPPLER
      6.4.3 POWER DOPPLER
      6.4.4 SPECTRAL/DUPLEX DOPPLER

7 GEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS
  7.1 U.S.
      7.1.1 BY PRODUCTS
      7.1.2 BY APPLICATION
      7.1.3 BY TECHNOLOGY
  7.2 EUROPE
  7.3 JAPAN
  7.4 APAC
  7.5 ROW

8 COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
  8.1 MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
  8.2 NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENTS
  8.3 AGREEMENTS & COLLABORATIONS

9 COMPANY PROFILES
  9.1 ALOKA INC.
  9.2 ANALOGIC CORPORATION
  9.3 ESAOTE S.P.A.
  9.4 GE HEALTHCARE
  9.5 HITACHI LTD.
  9.6 MEDISON
  9.7 PHILIPS HEALTHCARE
  9.8 SHIMADZU CORP
  9.9 SIEMENS HEALTHCARE
  9.10 SONOSITE INC
  9.11 TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS
  9.12 ZONARE MEDICAL SYSTEMS