Digital radiography demand sputters as the boom busts

April 1, 2008 Diagnostic Imaging. Digital radiography demand sputters as the boom busts TECHWATCH Greg Freiherr -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digital radiography has been growing by leaps and bounds. Demand in the U.S. jumped 41% in 2004, 32% the next year, and 25% the year after that. Then, suddenly, in 2007, the market flattened. So far this year, it has shown no signs of recovering. Some vendors framed the change as reflecting an increasingly challenging marketplace. Many hospitals are strapped for cash and unable to swing the purchase of comparatively expensive DR products, said Aaron Ybarra, product manager for x-ray equipment at Toshiba America Medical Systems. M. Thomas Boon, president and CEO of Imaging Dynamics Company, laid much of the blame for the lackluster demand on fears of a pending recession.

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