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The Asia-Pacific region has become the fastest growing OCT market.
According to Future Market Insights, the global optical coherence tomography (OCT) market is expected to grow from US$160 million in 2025 to US$420 million in 2035, with a compound annual growth rate of 11.1%.
Rising disease burden, artificial intelligence integration, miniaturization, and post-pandemic spending are the key drivers for market growth.
Asia Pacific is the fastest growing region, driven by public screening programs and mobile OCT deployment, while North America accounts for approximately 40% of the market share.
China has extended retinal OCT screening subsidies to 18 million people with diabetes each year, while India’s Ayushman Bharat program is piloting mobile OCT vans to improve access to rural healthcare.
Ophthalmology is expected to maintain a market share of 69.2% by 2025 due to the adoption of routine screening, disease monitoring, and OCT angiography.
Industrial OCT applications are becoming an important growth area, expected to reach $120 million by 2025.
Cardiovascular OCT, used to guide approximately 1.5 million coronary interventions each year, is also expanding rapidly.
Due to its high-resolution imaging and fast acquisition speed, spectral-domain OCT is expected to account for 59.4% of the global OCT market by 2025.
Adoption of swept-source OCT is also accelerating due to deeper tissue penetration, wider imaging fields, and faster scanning speeds, the report states.
The report identifies high capital cost of OCT systems, dependence on trained imaging professionals, regulatory complexity, and uneven reimbursement as major restraints in the market.
