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The medical flat panel detector (FPD) market experienced a 4% increase in unit sales in 2020, reaching a market size of just under 70,000 units.

Through the acquisition, Canon Medical aims to enhance its technology, development and manufacturing of advanced digital imaging solutions in Europe.

Consumables are often associated with low-cost, standardized products. This has often been the case with breathing system solutions used in ventilation. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of sufficient infection control in the hospital environment, subsequently uplifting demand for solutions that reduce infection risk. Vendors of all calibers grabbed this opportunity to expand market share, but questions remain on whether they will keep up in a crowded and price-sensitive market?

ICU Medical Inc. (San Clemente, CA, USA) has completed its acquisition of Smiths Medical (Minneapolis, MN, USA) from Smiths Group plc., creating a new powerhouse in infusion, according to Signify Research (Cranfield, UK), an independent supplier of market intelligence and consultancy to the global healthcare technology industry.

some of the biggest advance will be seen in medical imaging workflow and artificial intelligence (AI) tools will benefit the technician as well as the radiologist, but will not be sold on the basis of their technology. These are among the top 10 predictions for medical imaging in 2022 published by Signify Research (Bedfordshire, UK), an independent supplier of market intelligence and consultancy to the global healthcare technology industry.

The acquisition of Talis Clinical may add cloud-based health IT data integration and remote user interfaces for the Getinge/Maquet Cardiohelp extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) system.

s we continue to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, cancer doesn't stop, and any delay in the diagnosis and treatment in oncology care can pose a high risk to patients. The rapid adoption of digital pathology services has been critical in ensuring the continuation of clinical services during the pandemic, with pathologists able to conduct primary diagnoses from home while also protecting themselves and those around them.

n December 2021, Getinge announced its plans to acquire 100% of the equity interest in US-based Talis Clinica LLC. Talis Clinical LLC provides high-acuity IT software platforms.

There has clearly been a surge in interest for digital pathology adoption over the last two years

The world will continue to rapidly change in 2022. This is reflected by increasing demands in the healthcare environment and the need to support the developments in medical imaging with speed, efficiency, and accuracy. We will see an increase in the role of artificial intelligence (AI), the cloud and other technologies to help physicians and patients.

Accurate breast cancer detection, along with a reduction in false positives and misses lesions, are forecast to be at the forefront of advancement in breast imaging.

Steve Holloway, company director at Signify Research, explains the trends he has seen over the past couple years in enterprise imaging. He spoke to ITN at the 2021 Radiological Society of North America meeting.