CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY MARKET ANALYSIS

Market Challenges And Opportunities

Growth of the cone beam computed tomography market is primarily driven by rise in the dental disorders. Conversely high cost of advanced imaging technology and stringent regulations regarding X-ray exposure within different countries are some constraining factors limiting the growth. The cost of cone beam computed tomography device is significantly high, typically around US$ 100,000. However cone beam imaging in U.S. range from US$150 to US$ 700 per scan.

While in terms of radiations dose, National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), in 2015, studied various article to analyses the dose measurement and effective dose estimation for dental CBCT device. The resulted data reveals the adult effective doses are ranges from 5 to 652 millisievert for small fields of view (FOVs), 9 to 560 millisievert for medium FOVs and 46 to 1073 millisievert for large FOVs. Additionally in March 2012, various evidence based guidelines on CBCT dentistry were laid by the European Commission.  European Commission’s “Radiation Protection” series has concluded that radiation dose from dental CBCT is considerably higher over dental radiography. According to the European guidelines, the effective radiation range for dento-alveolar and craniofacial dental CBCT ranges from 11-674 millisievert, 30-1073 millisievert, respectively.