Nuclear Medicine Imaging: Market Size & Forecast 2026

The global nuclear medicine imaging equipment market reached approximately USD 5.8 billion in 2025 (base year), growing at roughly 6.5% CAGR through 2032 toward a forecast endpoint of USD 9.0 billion. The category sits in a structurally tight supplier-favoring environment: five principal OEMs control roughly 90% of SPECT and PET system shipments, while upstream Mo-99/Tc-99m isotope supply depends on an aging fleet of research reactors concentrated in Europe and South Africa. EV-specific coolant chemistry is irrelevant here; the parallel EV narrative in this category is the battery-thermal-management coolant used in cyclotron shielding systems, not a displacement risk to diagnostic imaging demand. > **Analyst Take.** Our view: the Section 301 + Section 122 combined duty stack on Chinese-origin detector electronics is the single most underpriced procurement risk in this category. A 35% inc

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