The image intensifier market has seen considerable growth due to a variety of factors.
• The image intensifier market has grown rapidly in recent years. It is expected to grow from $1.61 billion in 2024 to $1.79 billion in 2025, at a CAGR of 11.2%.
The growth is due to the expansion of aerospace and aviation, a rise in non-communicable diseases, more use in astronomy, increased investment in smart city infrastructure, and greater preference for non-destructive testing.
The image intensifier market is expected to maintain its strong growth trajectory in upcoming years.
• The image intensifier market is expected to grow to $2.7 billion by 2029, at a CAGR of 10.9%.
This growth is driven by the need for fraud detection, population growth, urbanization, higher military spending, and increased demand for surgical imaging devices. Major trends include imaging technology in medical applications, night vision, x-ray detectors, enhanced durability, and technological advancements.
The increasing demand for medical imaging tests is expected to propel the image intensifier market. Medical imaging plays a crucial role in modern healthcare, aiding clinical decisions and advancing research. Image intensifiers improve the quality of fluoroscopic images, making them essential for diagnostic and interventional procedures. For example, the National Health Service reported that there were 45 million imaging tests in England in 2023, an increase of 2.2% from 2022. This growing demand for medical imaging is boosting the image intensifier market.
The image intensifier market covered in this report is segmented –
1) By Diameter: Less Than 18mm, 18mm, 25mm, More Than 25mm, Less Than 6inch, 6inch, 9inch, 12inch, 16inch
2) By Application: Cameras, Scopes, Goggles, X-Ray Detectors
3) By End User: Medical, Industrial, Defense and Surveillance, Other End Users
Subsegments:
1) By Less Than 18mm: 12mm Image Intensifiers, 16mm Image Intensifiers
2) By 18mm: 18mm Image Intensifiers (Standard Size)
3) By 25mm: 25mm Image Intensifiers (Standard Size)
4) By More Than 25mm: 30mm Image Intensifiers, 40mm Image Intensifiers, 50mm Image Intensifiers
5) By Less Than 6inch: 4-inch Image Intensifiers, 5-inch Image Intensifiers
6) By 6inch: 6-inch Image Intensifiers
7) By 9inch: 9-inch Image Intensifiers
8) By 12inch: 12-inch Image Intensifiers
9) By 16inch: 16-inch Image Intensifiers
Key players in the image intensifier market are focusing their efforts on creating innovative offerings, such as advanced imaging devices, intended to enhance and depict electromagnetic waves in the terahertz frequency spectrum. Advanced imaging devices are high-tech tools developed to capture, process, and show intricate visual information surpassing the limitations of traditional imaging technologies. Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., an electronics manufacturer based in Japan, set a pioneering example in March 2022 by launching the first-ever terahertz image intensifier (also known as THz image intensifier or simply THz-I.I). This revolutionary gadget allows for real-time, non-destructive imaging at terahertz frequencies, significantly enhancing abilities for inspecting foreign substances in food items and conducting body scans. The THz image intensifier comes with multiple distinctive features and effectively operates in the terahertz range. This enables precise imaging of stuff and materials usually hard to examine with conventional techniques. The capability of real-time imagery boosts the inspection process's efficiency, offers instant feedback, and facilitates swift decision-making.
Major companies operating in the image intensifier market are:
• Siemens AG
• General Electric Company
• Northrop Grumman Corporation
• 3M Company
• Thales Group
• L3Harris Technologies Inc.
• Elbit Systems Ltd.
• Teledyne Imaging LLC
• Inova Diagnostics Inc.
• Canon Medical Systems Corporation
• Aselsan A.S.
• Excelitas Technologies Corp.
• Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
• ATN Corporation
• Fluke Corporation
• PHOTONIS Technologies S.A.S.
• Princeton Instruments Inc.
• Thermoteknix Systems Ltd.
• Dantec Dynamics Ltd.
• Kappa optronics GmbH
• Inframet
• ProxiVision GmbH
• Nightline Inc.
North America was the largest region in the image intensifier market in 2023. The regions covered in the image intensifier market report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa.