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Latest IMV Market Report on U.S. Mammography Centers Portrays Women's Health Care Service Continuum

Posted on: Wednesday, 22 March 2006, 09:01 CST

IMV Medical Information Division just released its 2005 study of the mammography market, which monitors trends in the products and services used by mammography centers. Mammography centers have emerged in a variety of settings to improve access for breast care patients. In addition to the traditional hospital radiology department, both hospital and non-hospital-based practices have developed a women's breast center approach, which market and offer a continuum of services addressing breast cancer.

"Over 1,000 of 8,815 sites certified by the FDA in the United States participated in the study, including hospitals, independent imaging centers and physicians' offices," said Lorna Young, Senior Director, Market Research. "Based on their responses, we project that 37.7 million mammography procedures were performed in 2005, up 2% from 37.0 million in 2004. In 2005, an estimated 11% of the procedures were performed on full-field digital mammography (FFDM) systems in 2005."

The report describes the variety of mammography center settings, their current use and plans for adopting breast imaging technology, including FFDM, and profiles other services offered at these locations. Highlights include:

-- The reported mix of screening vs. diagnostic procedures performed was 76% screening and 24% diagnostic.

-- Overall, 21% of the sites indicate that the typical lead time to schedule a screening mammography appointment is less than a day, 52% from one day to one week, 20% from one week to one month, and 7% have a typical lead time of over one month.

-- Ultrasound is used for breast imaging at nearly three-quarters of the mammography centers. Other imaging modalities, including scintimammography, breast MRI imaging and PET scanning for breast cancer are available at these centers to lesser degrees.

-- Over one-third of the mammography centers currently use "computer-aided detection" (CAD) software systems to improve the diagnostic confidence of x-ray mammography.

-- Ultrasound-guided biopsies are performed by nearly half of the sites, while stereotactic biopsies are performed at over one-quarter and MRI-guided biopsies are performed at 2% of the mammography sites.

-- Other women's health care services profiled include "bone mineral densitometry studies,""outpatient surgical procedures (such as lumpectomy)""cholesterol screening," and "cardiac screening for women."

IMV's 2005 Mammography Center Market Summary Report is a comprehensive analysis of the mammography market, monitoring trends in mammography procedures performed, x-ray mammography installed base by vendor and planned purchases, workstations and women's health care services offered. For more information about the Market Summary Report, visit the corporate website at www.imvlimited.com or call 847-297-1404 to speak with a representative.

IMV Medical Information Division, Inc. is a market research consulting firm founded in 1977 specializing in medical imaging and other advanced healthcare technology markets. IMV's proprietary market research services, in combination with census databases of U.S. imaging sites with selected modalities, provide clients with valuable assistance in strategic planning, customer satisfaction, market development and sales initiatives. Current census databases include interventional angiography, radiographic fluoroscopy, cardiac catheterization, CT, MRI, nuclear medicine, echocardiography, PET, radiation oncology, X-ray/DR/CR and RIS/PACS.

Source: Business Wire

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