Question-and-Answer Session
Operator
The question and answer session will now begin.
(Operator Instructions) Our first question comes from Darren Lehrich with Deutsche Bank.
Darren Lehrich - Deutsche Bank Securities
Thanks. Good morning, everyone. A few questions here. I just wanted to talk a little bit about the PET business. You guys are among the more productive in terms of scans per day, but we have seen that level off a little bit in, I guess, the last several quarters. Can you just talk about your view on scan per day growth and what the opportunities you think might be there?
Paul Viviano
Darren, this is Paul. We continue to add new systems to our PET-CT fleet and both on a mobile and a fixed basis. We're seeing the opportunities now to convert mobile customers to fixed site opportunities for PET/CT, and we're pleased with that. So, we have seen a little bit of pressure in terms of the numbers of scans per system per day. We anticipate that that volume will continue to return to a growth trajectory. We've said that there is ongoing pricing pressure in that business, which has been anticipated, given the DRA reductions in reimbursement. And you've seen our price per scan decline in about 2% over the last four quarters. So, in terms of growth per system per scan, if we were to look at more mature systems in our fleet and fixed sites that we operate, we would continue to see strong performance on numbers of scans per system per day.
Darren Lehrich - Deutsche Bank Securities
Okay. And just the breakdown, roughly, between fixed and mobile in the PET business --?
Paul Viviano
The vast majority of ours are still mobile. And at this point in time, we only have a handful of fixed sites that are PET-CT. We anticipate that number to actually grow fairly dramatically over the course of the next year or so.
Darren Lehrich - Deutsche Bank Securities
Okay, that's helpful. And then, just a broader question I have for you. The declines in MRI have certainly been steady. I guess just more of a big picture question as we continue to see that trend. Can you talk about how you think about the route logistics, and how -- when you lose contracts, how that might impact your what seems to be a pretty efficient logistical system, and whether there could potentially be breakdowns in the logistics there with the steady declines that you're seeing?
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