Toshiba Awarded for Rapid Rise in CT Market

Frost & Sullivan (Palo Alto, CA, USA), an international growth consultancy company, has selected Toshiba America Medical Systems (Tustin, CA, USA) as the recipient of the 2006 Frost & Sullivan Market Penetration Leadership Award in the North American computed tomography (CT) market.

Toshiba has quickly risen in the ranks to become a major medical imaging modality vendor and has penetrated key markets for imaging equipment including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), CT, x-ray vascular, and ultrasound, experiencing double-digit growth rates across the board.

The company's penetration of the North American CT market is particularly impressive, since it has captured 19% of market revenues in 2005 in a highly competitive structure. Toshiba has developed an edge in the technology-driven North American market, indicating its ability to remain at the forefront of technologic and clinical advances. This is demonstrated by its remarkable performance in cardiology and oncology.

The company is successfully utilizing its expertise to develop sophisticated imaging systems using the latest technologies. Toshiba's work-in-progress is also significant, proving the company's mastery of advanced technology.

"Toshiba's next-generation CT scanner is a 256-slice system that features a 13-cm-wide detector that can capture any whole organ, including the heart and the brain, in a single rotation of the gantry, while offering superior whole-body scanning capabilities in trauma and stroke,” commented Frost & Sullivan research analyst Nadim Daher.

The system is expected to be commercially available in 2008 and is already attracting considerable interest at trade shows. This technologic advance will eliminate helical scanning and signify the advent of a whole-organ scanner that will provide an array of new clinical applications and further the clinical utility of CT.

Apart from delivering the highest standards of technology for the best value, Toshiba also works with best-in-class partners to provide a best-of-breed system. Powerful applications and workflow tools, an adequate information technology (IT) infrastructure, a future-proof archiving strategy, and the ability to provide access to CT imaging to end-users throughout the enterprise have become crucial to the successful utilization of CT equipment. Toshiba's strategic partnerships create a high level of aggregate industry expertise, which guarantees that its customers will benefit from the optimal systems.


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