Business Segments and Geographic Information (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 29, 2014

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Information

Segment information is as follows:

	Three Months Ended					Six Months Ended
	March 29, 2014		March 30, 2013			March 29, 2014		March 30, 2013
Total revenues:
Diagnostics	$	290,802	$	296,507		$	576,568	$	602,423
Breast Health		238,705		220,058			465,196		440,866
GYN Surgical		72,043		73,692			150,897		154,601
Skeletal Health		23,458		22,406			44,795		46,135
	$	625,008	$	612,663		$	1,237,456	$	1,244,025
Operating income (loss):
Diagnostics	$	15,243	$	(46,978	)	$	19,997	$	(32,683	)
Breast Health		25,818		47,892			69,667		92,837
GYN Surgical		6,579		2,241			17,702		2,863
Skeletal Health		2,610		2,387			4,169		5,754
	$	50,250	$	5,542		$	111,535	$	68,771
Depreciation and amortization:
Diagnostics	$	94,612	$	89,402		$	186,798	$	180,944
Breast Health		9,163		10,124			18,524		20,054
GYN Surgical		26,042		26,524			52,088		53,003
Skeletal Health		227		226			453		430
	$	130,044	$	126,276		$	257,863	$	254,431
Capital expenditures:
Diagnostics	$	14,841	$	13,464		$	25,097	$	27,318
Breast Health		2,275		5,910			4,080		9,490
GYN Surgical		2,194		2,171			3,980		4,916
Skeletal Health		40		28			182		206
Corporate		2,006		2,823			4,402		4,913
	$	21,356	$	24,396		$	37,741	$	46,843

	March 29, 2014		September 28, 2013
Identifiable assets:
Diagnostics	$	4,528,340	$	4,667,942
Breast Health		877,923		932,206
GYN Surgical		1,802,207		1,849,518
Skeletal Health		33,369		33,508
Corporate		1,120,556		1,517,649
	$	8,362,395	$	9,000,823

Revenues by Geography

Revenues by geography as a percentage of total revenues were as follows:

	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	March 29, 2014		March 30, 2013		March 29, 2014		March 30, 2013
United States		74%		75%		74%		74%
Europe		15%		12%		15%		14%
Asia-Pacific		7%		9%		7%		8%
All others		4%		4%		4%		4%
		100%		100%		100%		100%