The x-ray imaging market in China is set to almost double in revenue from $528 million in 2012 to $1 billion by 2020, according to market research firm GlobalData.
The growth is attributed to the transition from analog to digital x-ray systems and also an overall increase in the sales of systems as China institutes healthcare reforms, the firm said.
The Chinese market accounted for 22.2% of global diagnostic x-ray imaging revenue in 2012, and this share is estimated to increase to 27.6% by 2020, the firm added.
China's growth will occur at a faster rate than the global market, especially in comparison with Western countries, whose demand for new installations will depend heavily on replacing existing systems, according to GlobalData.
![Representative example of a 16-year-old male patient with underlying X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy. (A, B) Paired anteroposterior (AP) chest radiograph and dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) report shows lumbar spine (L1 through L4) areal bone mineral density (BMD). The DXA report was reformatted for anonymization and improved readability. The patient had low BMD (Z score ≤ −2.0). (C) Model (chest radiography [CXR]–BMD) output shows the predicted raw BMD and Z score in comparison with the DXA reference standard, together with interpretability analyses using Shapley additive explanations (SHAP) and gradient-weighted class activation maps. The patient was classified as having low BMD, consistent with the reference standard. AM = age-matched, DEXA = dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry, RM2 = room 2, SNUH = Seoul National University Hospital, YA = young adult.](https://img.auntminnie.com/mindful/smg/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/04/ai-children-bone-density.0snnf2EJjr.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&dpr=2&fit=crop&h=167&q=70&w=250)
