In 2007, the United States had 34.3 CT scanners per million people, compared to 12.7 in Canada and 7.4 in the United Kingdom.

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The United States has 34.4 CT scanners per million Americans.

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The number of scanners per capita in the U.S. is now 7x (for CT) and 2.5x (for MRI) the average of France and Germany, and many of these scanners are poorly utilized but still profitable for their owners at prevailing price levels.

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