The U.S. Image Sensors Market (Linear Image Sensors, CCD Image Sensors, X-ray Image Sensors) Forecasted to Reach USD 3.7 Billion in 2017: Transparency Market Research

The U.S. Image Sensors Market (Linear Image Sensors, CCD Image Sensors, X-ray Image Sensors) Forecasted to Reach USD 3.7 Billion in 2017: Transparency Market Research PR Newswire ALBANY, New York, June 4, 2012 ALBANY, New York, June 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research (http://www.transparencymarketresearch.com) "Image Sensors Market - The U.S. Industry Analysis Market Share, Trends and Forecast, 2011 - 2017," the U.S. image sensors market was worth USD 2.0 billion in 2011 and is forecasted to reach USD 3.7 billion in 2017 at a CAGR of 11.1% from 2011 to 2017. The Linear image sensors segment accounted for the largest share - i.e. 84.2% - of the U.S. image sensors market at USD 1.7 billion in 2011. The X-ray image sensors market segment will have the fastest revenue growth at a CAGR of 18.8% during 2011 - 2017. The U.S. CMOS image sensor shipment reached 464.0 million units in 2011 registering a growth of 27.6% over 2010. Browse the full report at http://www.transparencymarketresearch.com/image-sensors- market-us.html Image sensors are broadly categorized under CCD image sensors (area image sensor), linear image sensors and X-ray image sensors. Linear image sensors are further segmented into CMOS image sensors, NMOS image sensors and InGaAs image sensors.