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                      | Market Review:Domestic Market Trend of Diagnostic Imaging and therapeutic Systems
 from April 2011 through September 2011
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                      | Diagnostic Imaging and Therapy Systems(production, exports, imports, domestic market)
 
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                      | Review of the 1st Half (April to September) of 2011 |  
                      |  The percentage in ( ) refers to the increase or decline over the previous year.1. The total amount of medical imaging systems was as follows. 
                            2. The domestic market of major equipment was as follows.
                              
                                | - Production | 173.7 billion yen (- 7 %) |  
                                | - Export | 84.1 billion yen (- 7 %) |  
                                | - Import | 50.1 billion yen (- 2 %) |  
                                | Total domestic market | 139.7 billion yen (- 5 %) |  
                            
                              
                                | For major equipment the following increased: |  
                                | - Diagnostic ultrasound | 20.6 billion yen (+ 10 %) |  
                                | - MRI | 19.7 billion yen (+ 2 %) |  
                                | - Nuclear medicine | 6.5 billion yen (+ 28 %) |  
                                | On the other hand, the following decreased. |  
                                | - X-ray | 39.9 billion yen (- 2 %) |  
                                | - CT | 29.0 billion yen (- 11 %) |  
                                | - Image processing systems | 16.6 billion yen (- 17 %) |  
                                | - Related items & accessories | 2.9 billion yen (- 15 %) |  
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                                | Total diagnostic equipment decreased to | 135.9 billion yen (- 3 %) |  
                                | Therapy systems significantly decreased to | 3.8 billion yen (- 40 %). |  
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                                | For X-ray system, following increased. |  
                                | - Cardio and angio | 9.1 billion yen (+ 14 %) |  
                                | - General-purpose R/F | 8.7 billion yen (+ 4 %) |  
                                | - Mobile | 0.9 billion yen (+ 12 %) |  
                                | On the other hand, the following decreased. |  
                                | - General-purpose Radiography | 5.5 billion yen (- 4 %) |  
                                | - Mammography | 2.1 billion yen (- 8 %) |  
                                | - Dental | 1.9 billion yen (- 31 %) |  
                                | Newly established subdivision from January 2010, |  
                                | arm type X ray CT in CT was | 2.8 billion yen (- 2 %) |  
                                | HCU system in Diagnostic ultrasound was | 2.5 billion yen (+ 14 %) |  
                            3. The total production output decreased to 173.7 billion yen (- 7 %).
 
                            4. The total exports decreased to 84.1 billion yen (- 7 %).
                              
                                | For major equipment, the following increased: |  
                                | - Nuclear medicine | 2.0 billion yen (+ 145%) |  
                                | On the other hand, the following increased: |  
                                | - X-ray | 56.9 billion yen (- 4 %) |  
                                | - CT | 43.4 billion yen (- 3 %) |  
                                | - Diagnostic ultrasound | 32.7 billion yen (- 4 %) |  
                                | - Image processing systems | 15.0 billion yen (- 21 %) |  
                                | - MRI | 14.5 billion yen (- 12 %) |  
                                | - Related items & accessories | 8.1 billion yen (- 20 %) |  
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                                | Total diagnostic equipment decreased to | 172.8 billion yen (- 6 %) |  
                                | Therapy systems decreased to | 0.9 billion yen (- 52 %). |  
                            5. The total imports decreased to 50.1 billion yen (- 2 %).
                              
                                | For major equipment, the following increased: |  
                                | - X-ray | 26.3 billion yen (- 3 %) |  
                                | - Diagnostic ultrasound | 20.4 billion yen (- 3 %) |  
                                | - CT | 12.2 billion yen (- 7 %) |  
                                | - MRI | 7.8 billion yen (- 21 %) |  
                                | - Related items & accessories | 5.1 billion yen (- 24 %) |  
                                | - Image processing systems | 1.0 billion yen (- 44 %) |  
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                                | Total diagnostic equipment decreased to | 83.9 billion yen (- 7 %) |  
                            6.Summary
                              
                                | For major equipment, the following increased. |  
                                | - MRI | 13.0 billion yen (+ 2 %) |  
                                | - X-ray | 9.3 billion yen (+ 9 %) |  
                                | - Diagnostic ultrasound | 8.3 billion yen (+ 45 %) |  
                                | - Nuclear medicine | 4.8 billion yen (+ 7 %) |  
                                | On the other hand, the following decreased: |  
                                | - CT | 8.6 billion yen (- 24 %) |  
                                | - Image processing equipment | 2.6 billion yen (- 4 %) |  
                                | Total diagnostic equipment decreased to | 47.0 billion yen (+ 2 %) |  
                                | In addition, Therapy systems increased to | 3.1 billion yen (-37 %) |  
                            The domestic market from April through September in 2011 decreased as the entire market with 139.7 billion yen (-5%) as shown in the above. Nuclear medicine, MRI, Diagnostic ultrasound increased while Diagnostic X-ray, CT, Image processing systems, Related items and accessories and Therapy systems decreased.The number of the major equipment systems, diagnostic X-ray system: 4,727 (-20%), CT: 902 (+3%), Nuclear medicine: 73 (+-0%), included PET: 15 (-6%), MRI: 227 (+-0%), Diagnostic ultrasound 4,772 (+24%) and Therapy system: 79 (-25%).
 Newly established subdivision from January 2010, arm type X ray CT in CT was 255 and HCU system in Diagnostic ultrasound was 943.
 Diagnostic Imaging and Therapeutic Systems(production, exports, imports, domestic market)
 
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