MARKINTEL PULSE – WEEKLY MEDTECH, IMAGING & DIGITAL HEALTH INSIGHTS – JAN 9, 2026

ONE BIG THING FDA’s Jan‑6 guidance pair (CDS + General Wellness) materially widens the “non‑device” lane for AI in care delivery—shifting near‑term advantage from model performance to defensible deployment economics (workflow fit, evidence, liability controls, and integration). KEY TAKEAWAYS MARKETSTRAT POV (ACTIONABLE STRATEGY) INNOVATION HOOK                                                                                       Bedside imaging is becoming an economic weapon For imaging providers, […]

The Battle for the Cath Lab Cockpit: Why Philips’ Acquisition of SpectraWAVE Resets the Interventional Stack

Date: December 23, 2025 | Topic: Medical Imaging & Interventional Strategy | Company: Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG) Philips’ acquisition of SpectraWAVE is not a product expansion—it is a platform defense designed to close the company’s only major strategic gap against Abbott and Boston Scientific: the integrated high-resolution imaging stack. Executive Brief: The “So What” Philips’ […]

MARKINTEL PULSE – WEEKLY MEDTECH, IMAGING & DIGITAL HEALTH INSIGHTS – DEC 19, 2025

ONE BIG THING Imaging AI is shifting from “algorithm shelfware” to system-level workflow infrastructure — and this week’s mix of foundation-model progress, enterprise neuro workflow partnerships, and cath-lab AI M&A signals a platform land-grab that will redefine how imaging revenue is captured (through throughput, pathways, and coordination), not just per-study detection accuracy. KEY TAKEAWAYS MARKETSTRAT […]

MARKINTEL PULSE – WEEKLY MEDTECH, IMAGING & DIGITAL HEALTH INSIGHTS – DEC 12, 2025

ONE BIG THING One Big Thing: RSNA 2025 confirmed that “AI in imaging” is no longer a feature race—it’s an operating-layer land grab where cloud enterprise imaging, workflow copilots, and hardware-native AI converge into platform economics (recurring revenue, attach, and lock-in) with early, measurable productivity proof-points. Market Lens baseline (house view): AI-in-Imaging TAM = $28.4B […]

Marketstrat Releases ‘World Market for Oncology Imaging AI 2023–2032’ Horizon Report

Marketstrat Releases ‘World Market for Oncology Imaging AI 2023–2032,’ Mapping a US$604.7M Market to US$7.74B by 2032 New Markintel™ Horizon report explains how AI is becoming workflow‑critical infrastructure across oncology imaging pathways. SACRAMENTO, CA, UNITED STATES – Dec 10, 2025 – Marketstrat today announced the release of its latest Markintel™ Horizon report, World Market for […]

RSNA 2025 Day 2 Signals – AI factories, screening evidence and digital twin diagnostics

Key Takeaways Major Vendor Bets RSNA25 – Day 2 Signals Selected Day 2 Vendor Initiatives Selected RSNA 2025 Day 2 initiatives mapped to Marketstrat’s core signals and strategic implications Vendor / initiative RSNA 2025 highlight (Day 2 cluster) Signal(s) touched Marketstrat read‑out Aidoc Partners with NVIDIA MONAI & Quibim to let health systems deploy in‑house […]

RSNA 2025 – Day 1 Signals: Hardware, Native AI and the Battle for Radiology’s Operating Layer

From AI‑native MRI and CT to clinical AI foundation models and enterprise operations platforms, Day 1 at RSNA 2025 showed how fast imaging hardware, software and workflows are converging. What Stood Out Across Philips, GE HealthCare, Siemens Healthineers, United Imaging, Aidoc, Coreline Soft and Rad AI, four cross‑cutting signals defined Day 1: From Marketstrat’s perspective, […]

RSNA 2025: Imaging the Individual – Marketstrat’s Preview and Coverage Plan

The Radiological Society of North America’s Annual Meeting returns to Chicago this year as RSNA 2025: Imaging the Individual, the 111th Scientific Assembly and the world’s leading annual radiology forum. From November 30 to December 4, 2025, more than 40,000 imaging professionals and industry leaders are expected at McCormick Place to explore how radiology is […]

MARKINTEL PULSE – WEEKLY MEDTECH, IMAGING & DIGITAL HEALTH INSIGHTS – NOV 21, 2025

ONE BIG THING Radiology AI crossed from point solutions to infrastructure this week—vision‑language model M&A, RSNA25 platform launches, and landmark AI mammography data signal that imaging AI is becoming a core operating layer, not an add‑on. MARKETSTRAT POV – STRATEGY IMPLICATIONS KEY TAKEAWAYS INNOVATION HOOK — AI MAMMOGRAPHY TURNS EVIDENCE CORNER What Happened RadNet and […]