5. Components of a Standard Proton Therapy Center
5.1 Proton Accelerator
5.2 Beam Transport System
5.3 Beam Delivery System
5.4 Nozzle
5.4.1 Single Scattering
5.4.2 Double Scattering
5.4.3 Uniform Scanning Nozzle
5.4.4 Pencil Scanning Nozzle
5.5 Treatment Planning System
5.6 Image Viewers
5.7 Patient Positioning System
5.8 Human Resource
6. US Proton Therapy Market Outlook to 2018
6.1 Current Market Size and Future Growth
6.2 Potential Patients by State (2014 & 2020)
6.2.1 Market Penetration
6.3 Analysis of Existing and Forthcoming Players
6.3.1 Service Providers
6.3.2 Equipment Providers
6.4 Opportunity Assessment
7. Market Trends
7.1 Increasing Centers with More Number of Treatment Rooms
7.2 Penetration of Smaller Proton Accelerators Increasing
8. Industry Drivers and Restraints
8.1 Drivers
8.1.1 Increasing Incidence of Cancer
8.1.2 Benefits over Conventional Therapies
8.2 Restraints
8.2.1 Reimbursement Issues
8.2.2 High Prices
9. Competitive Landscape and Strategic Analysis
9.1 IBA Group
9.2 Hitachi
9.3 Mevion Medical Systems
9.4 Varian