Radiation-based Therapy and Therapeutic Imaging

Table of Contents

• INTRODUCTION
  • STUDY BACKGROUND
  • STUDY GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
  • INTENDED AUDIENCE
  • SCOPE AND FORMAT
  • METHODOLOGY AND INFORMATION SOURCES
  • ANALYST CREDENTIALS
  • RELATED BCC, INC. RESEARCH
  • BCC ONLINE SERVICES
  • DISCLAIMER
• EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  • Summary Table: U.S. MARKET FOR RADIATION-BASED EQUIPMENT FOR THERAPY AND THERAPEUTIC MONITORING, THROUGH 2009 ($ BILLIONS)
  • Summary Figure: U.S. MARKET FOR RADIATION-BASED EQUIPMENT FOR THERAPY AND THERAPEUTIC MONITORING, 2003-2009 ($ BILLIONS)
• OVERVIEW
  • GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THERAPEUTIC RADIATION
    • DEFINITION OF RADIATION
    • THERAPEUTIC VERSUS COSMETIC AND OTHER MEDICAL RADIATION APPLICATIONS
    • TYPES OF THERAPEUTIC RADIATION
  • Table 1 TYPES OF THERAPEUTIC RADIATION
    • Ionizing Radiation
    • Electromagnetic Radiation
      • Particulate Radiation
    • Nonionizing Radiation
      • Radio Frequency
      • Ultrasound
        • Heat
        • Cavitation
        • Mechanical Forces
      • Other Uses of Ultrasound
      • Laser Radiation
    • Magnetic Resonance
    • Computed Tomography
  • BRIEF HISTORY OF THERAPEUTIC RADIATION
    • THERAPEUTIC RADIATION
      • Therapeutic Radiation (Continued)
    • IMAGE-GUIDED THERAPY
      • Image-Guided Therapy (Continued)
• DEVICES, TECHNOLOGIES AND SUPPLIERS
  • DEVICE TYPES
    • RADIOSURGICAL AND RADIOTHERAPEUTIC DEVICES
      • Teleradiation Devices
        • Description
        • Applications
  • Table 2 SURGICAL APPLICATIONS OF IONIZING RADIATION
  • Table 2 (CONTINUED)
    • Technology
      • Radiation Sources
      • X-Ray Radiosurgery
    • Gamma Radiosurgery
      • Proton Radiosurgery
      • Stereotactic Radiosurgery
      • Conformal Radiosurgery
      • Single-Dose vs. Franctionated Radiosurgery
      • Dynamic Radiosurgery
    • Patents
      • Patents by Technology
  • Figure 1 U.S. RADIOSURGERY PATENTS BY TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY, 2004 (%)
  • Table 3 NUMBER AND SHARE OF U.S. RADIOSURGERY PATENTS BY SEGMENT TYPE, 2004
    • Patents by Patent Holder
  • Figure 2 SHARE OF U.S. RADIOSURGERY PATENTS BY PATENT HOLDER, 2004 (%)
  • Table 4 NUMBER AND SHARE OF RADIOSURGERY PATENTS BY PATENT HOLDER, 2004
    • Manufacturers and Market Shares
  • Table 5 LIST OF RADIOSURGERY SYSTEM MANUFACTURERS, 2004
  • Figure 3 MARKET SHARE OF U.S. RADIOSURGICAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS, 2004 (%)
  • Table 6 SALES AND MARKET SHARE OF U.S. RADIOSURGICAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS, 2004 ($ MILLIONS, %)
    • Brachytherapy
      • Description
      • Applications
      • Technology
        • Isotopes Used in Brachytherapy
        • High and Low Dose Brachytherapy
      • Patents
  • Figure 4 SHARE OF U.S. BRACHYTHERAPY PATENT SHARE BY TYPE, 2004 (%)
  • Table 7 NUMBER AND SHARE OF U.S. BRACHYTHERAPY PATENTS BY TYPE, 2004
  • Figure 5 SHARE OF U.S. BRACHYTHERAPY PATENTS BY PATENT HOLDERS, 2004 (%)
  • Table 8 NUMBER AND SHARE OF BRACHYTHERAPY PATENTS BY PATENT HOLDERS, 2004
    • Manufacturers and Market Shares
  • Table 9 LIST OF BRACHYTHERAPY DEVICE MANUFACTURERS, 2004
  • Figure 6 MARKET SHARE OF U.S. BRACHYTHERAPY MANUFACTURERS, 2004 (%)
  • Table 10 SALES AND MARKET SHARE OF U.S. BRACHYTHERAPY MANUFACTURERS, 2004 ($ MILLIONS, %)
    • Fluoroscopes
      • Description
      • Applications
  • Table 11 X-RAY THERAPEUTIC MONITORING APPLICATIONS
    • Technology
      • Virtual Fluoroscopy
      • C-Arms and Mini-C-Arms
      • Digital Fluoroscopy
    • Patents
  • Figure 7 SHARE OF U.S. FLUOROSCOPY PATENTS BY PATENT HOLDERS, 2004 (%)
  • Table 12 NUMBER AND SHARE OF U.S. FLUOROSCOPY PATENTS BY PATENT HOLDERS, 2004
    • Manufacturers and Market Shares
  • Table 13 LIST OF FLUOROSCOPE MANUFACTURERS, 2004
  • Figure 8 MARKET SHARE OF U.S. FLUOROSCOPY MANUFACTURERS, 2004 (%)
  • Table 14 SALES AND MARKET SHARE OF U.S. FLUOROSCOPY MANUFACTURERS, 2004 ($ MILLION, %)
    • Radio Frequency Electrosurgery Devices
      • Description
  • Table 15 RF SURGICAL EQUIPMENTS AND THEIR FUNCTION/DESCRIPTION
    • Applications
      • Radio Frequency Ablation
      • Spinal Cord Stimulation
    • Technology
      • Monopolar vs. Bipolar Systems
      • Argon Beam Coagulation Systems
      • Coblation
      • Fluid Electrode
    • Patents
  • Figure 9 SHARE OF U.S. RF PATENTS FOR THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS, 2004 (%)
  • Table 16 NUMBER AND SHARE OF U.S. RF PATENTS FOR THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS, 2004
  • Figure 10 SHARE OF U.S. RF PATENTS BY MEDICAL APPLICATION, 2004
  • Table 17 NUMBER AND SHARE OF RF PATENTS BY MEDICAL APPLICATION, 2004
  • Figure 11 SHARE OF U.S. RF PATENTS BY TYPE OF HOLDER/ASSIGNEE, 2004
  • Table 18 NUMBER AND SHARE OF U.S. RF PATENTS BY TYPE OF HOLDER/ASSIGNEE, 2004
  • Figure 12 SHARE OF LARGEST HOLDERS OF U.S. RF PATENTS, 2004 (%)
  • Table 19 NUMBER AND SHARE OF PATENTS FOR LARGEST HOLDERS OF U.S. RF PATENTS, 2004
    • Manufacturers and Market Shares
  • Table 20 LIST OF RF SURGERY AND THERAPY SYSTEM MANUFACTURERS, 2004
    • RF Electrosurgical Systems
  • Figure 13 MARKET SHARE OF U.S. RF ELECTROSURGICAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS, 2004 (%)
  • Table 21 SALES AND MARKET SHARE OF U.S. RF ELECTROSURGICAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS, 2004 ($ MILLIONS, %)
    • RF Spinal Cord Stimulation Systems
  • Figure 14 MARKET SHARE OF U.S. RF SPINAL CORD STIMULATION SYSTEM MANUFACTURERS, 2004 (%)
  • Table 22 SALES AND MARKET SHARE OF U.S. RF SPINAL CORD STIMULATION SYSTEM MANUFACTURERS, 2004 ($ MILLIONS, %)
    • Ultrasound Devices
      • Description
      • Applications
        • Technology
        • Transducers
        • Frequency/Intensity
      • Beam Steering
      • 2D vs. 3D Ultrasound
      • Ultrasound Conducting Media
        • Software
      • Patents
  • Figure 15 SHARE OF U.S. ULTRASOUND DEVICE PATENTS FOR THERAPEUTIC VS. OTHER APPLICATIONS, 2004 (%)
  • Table 23 NUMBER AND SHARE OF U.S. ULTRASOUND DEVICE PATENTS FOR THERAPEUTIC VS. OTHER APPLICATIONS, 2004
  • Figure 16 SHARE OF U.S. ULTRASOUND DEVICE PATENTS FOR THERMAL (HYPERTHERMIC) VS. OTHER THERAPIES, 2004 (%)
  • Table 24 NUMBER AND SHARE OF U.S. ULTRASOUND DEVICE PATENTS FOR THERMAL (HYPERTHERMIC) VS. OTHER THERAPIES, 2004
  • Figure 17 SHARE OF U.S. ULTRASOUND THERAPY PATENTS BY TYPE OF PATENT HOLDER, 2004 (%)
  • Table 25 NUMBER AND SHARE OF U.S. ULTRASOUND THERAPY PATENTS BY TYPE OF PATENT HOLDER, 2004
  • Figure 18 SHARE OF MAJOR U.S. ULTRASOUND THERAPY PATENT HOLDERS, 2004 (%)
  • Table 26 NUMBER AND SHARE OF MAJOR U.S. ULTRASOUND THERAPY PATENT HOLDERS, 2004
    • Manufacturers and Market Shares
  • Table 27 LIST OF ULTRASOUND MANUFACTURERS, 2004
  • Figure 19 MARKET SHARES OF U.S. ULTRASOUND MANUFACTURERS, 2004 (%)
  • Table 28 SALES AND MARKET SHARES OF U.S. ULTRASOUND MANUFACTURERS, 2004 ($ BILLIONS, %)
    • Magnetic Resonance Imaging Equipment
      • Description
      • Applications
      • Technology
        • Open-Field MRI Systems
        • Compact Systems
        • Low-Field vs. High-Field MRI
        • MRI Operating Room Design
        • Siemens "Twin Operating Theaters"
        • Stationary Magnet/Mobile Patient
        • Movable Magnet/Stationary Patient
        • BrainLAB Integrated Operating Room
        • Superconducting MRI Coils
        • MRI-Compatible Surgical Instruments
      • Patents
        • Patents by Patent Holder
  • Figure 20 SHARE OF U.S. THERAPEUTIC GUIDANCE-RELATED MRI PATENTS BY TYPE OF PATENT HOLDER, 2004 (%)
    • Major Therapeutic MRI-Related Patent Holders
  • Figure 21 SHARE OF MAJOR U.S. THERAPEUTIC MRI-RELATED PATENT HOLDERS, 2004 (%)
  • Table 29 NUMBER AND SHARE OF THERAPEUTIC MRI-RELATED PATENT HOLDERS, 2004
    • Manufacturers and Market Shares
  • Table 30 LIST OF MRI MANUFACTURERS, 2004
  • Figure 22 MARKET SHARES OF U.S. MRI MANUFACTURERS, 2004 (%)
  • Table 31 SALES AND MARKET SHARES OF U.S. MRI MANUFACTURERS, 2004 ($ BILLIONS, %)
    • Medical Lasers
      • Description
      • Applications
        • Dental Applications
        • Ophthalmic Applications
        • Surgical Applications
        • Varicose Vein Treatment
        • Other Cardiovascular Applications
        • Urological Procedures
        • ENT Procedures
        • Gynecological Procedures
        • Cauterization
        • Veterinary Applications
        • Other Therapeutic Applications
        • Biostimulation Lasers
        • Photodynamic Therapy
      • Technology
        • Principles of Laser Therapy
        • Wavelengths
        • Power Levels and Duration
        • Laser Delivery Devices
        • Types of Medical Laser
        • CO2 Lasers
        • Argon Laser
        • YAG Laser
        • Ruby Laser
        • Diode Lasers
        • Excimer Lasers
        • Other Types of Laser
      • Patents
  • Figure 23 SHARE OF U.S. SURGICAL LASER PATENTS BY TYPE OF APPLICATION, 2004 (%)
  • Table 32 NUMBER AND SHARE OF U.S. SURGICAL LASER PATENTS BY TYPE OF APPLICATION, 2004
  • Figure 24 SHARE OF U.S. SURGICAL LASER PATENTS BY TYPE OF PATENT HOLDER, 2004 (%)
  • Figure 25 SHARE OF MAJOR U.S. SURGICAL LASER-RELATED PATENT HOLDERS, 2004 (%)
  • Table 33 NUMBER AND SHARE OF U.S. SURGICAL LASER-RELATED PATENT HOLDERS, 2004
    • Manufacturers and Market Shares
  • Table 34 LIST OF SURGICAL LASER MANUFACTURERS, 2004
  • Figure 26 MARKET SHARES OF U.S. THERAPEUTIC LASER MANUFACTURERS, 2004 (%)
  • Table 35 SALES AND MARKET SHARES OF U.S. THERAPEUTIC LASER MANUFACTURERS, 2004 ($ BILLIONS, %)
    • Computed Tomography
      • Description
      • Applications
  • Table 36 SURGICAL PROCEDURES SUITABLE FOR INTRAOPERATIVE CT MONITORING
    • Technology
      • Basic Principles of CT
      • Imaging Geometries
      • Multislice CT Scanners
      • Mobile CT Scanners
    • Surgical Navigation Systems
    • Patents
  • Figure 27 SHARE OF U.S. THERAPEUTIC GUIDANCE-RELATED CT PATENTS BY TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY, 2004 (%)
  • Table 37 NUMBER AND SHARE OF U.S. THERAPEUTIC GUIDANCE-RELATED CT PATENTS BY TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY, 2004
  • Figure 28 SHARE OF THERAPEUTIC GUIDANCE-RELATED CT PATENTS BY TYPE OF PATENT HOLDER, 2004 (%)
  • Figure 29 SHARE OF MAJOR U.S. THERAPEUTIC CT-RELATED PATENTS BY PATENT HOLDERS, 2004 (%)
  • Table 38 NUMBER AND SHARE OF THERAPEUTIC CT-RELATED PATENTS BY PATENT HOLDERS, 2004
    • Manufacturers and Market Shares
  • Table 39 LIST OF MOBILE CT MANUFACTURERS, 2004
  • Figure 30 MARKET SHARE OF INTRAOPERATIVE CT MANUFACTURERS, 2004 (%)
  • Table 40 SALES AND MARKET SHARE OF INTRAOPERATIVE CT MANUFACTURERS, 2004 ($ BILLIONS, %)
• RADIATION BASED EQUIPMENT FOR THERAPY AND THERAPEUTIC MONITORING MARKET
  • SUMMARY
  • Figure 31 U.S. MARKET FOR RADIATION-BASED EQUIPMENT FOR THERAPY AND THERAPEUTIC MONITORING, 2003-2009 ($ BILLIONS)
  • Figure 32 SHARE OF U.S. MARKET FOR RADIATION-BASED EQUIPMENT FOR THERAPY AND THERAPEUTIC MONITORING, 2004 AND 2009 (%)
  • Table 41 U.S. MARKET FOR RADIATION-BASED EQUIPMENT FOR THERAPY AND THERAPEUTIC MONITORING, THROUGH 2009 ($ BILLIONS)
    • MARKET BY SEGMENT/ TYPE OF DEVICE
      • THERAPEUTIC RADIATION EQUIPMENT
  • Table 42 U.S. MARKET FOR THERAPEUTIC RADIATION EQUIPMENT BY CATEGORY AND TYPES, THROUGH 2009 ($ BILLIONS)
  • Figure 33 SHARE OF U.S. MARKET FOR THERAPEUTIC RADIATION DEVICES BY TYPE, 2004 AND 2009 (%)
    • Radiotherapy
      • Historical Sales
  • Figure 34 U.S. MARKET FOR THERAPEUTIC IONIZING RADIATION EQUIPMENT BY TYPE OF RADIATION, 2003 (%)
  • Table 43 U.S. MARKET FOR THERAPEUTIC IONIZING RADIATION EQUIPMENT BY TYPE OF RADIATION, 2003 ($ MILLIONS)
  • Figure 35 SHARE OF U.S. MARKET FOR THERAPEUTIC IONIZING RADIATION EQUIPMENT BY TYPE OF SURGERY, 2003 (%)
  • Table 44 U.S. MARKET FOR THERAPEUTIC IONIZING RADIATION EQUIPMENT BY TYPE OF SURGERY, 2003 ($ MILLIONS)
    • Market Drivers
      • Developments in Oncology
      • Developments in Neurosurgery
    • Projected Sales
  • Table 45 U.S. MARKET FOR THERAPEUTIC IONIZING RADIATION EQUIPMENT BY TYPE OF SURGERY, THROUGH 2009 ($ BILLION)
  • Figure 36 U.S. MARKET FOR THERAPEUTIC IONIZING RADIATION EQUIPMENT BY TYPE OF RADIATION, 2009 (%)
  • Table 46 U.S. MARKET FOR THERAPEUTIC IONIZING RADIATION EQUIPMENT BY TYPE OF RADIATION, 2009 ($ MILLIONS)
    • Brachytherapy
      • Historical Sales
  • Figure 37 SHARE OF U.S. MARKET FOR BRACHYTHERAPY DEVICES BY CLINICAL APPLICATION, 2003 (%)
  • Table 47 U.S. MARKET FOR BRACHYTHERAPY DEVICES BY CLINICAL APPLICATION, 2003 ($ MILLIONS)
    • Market Drivers
      • Competition and Pricing
      • Number of Procedures Performed
      • Prostate Cancer
  • Figure 38 TRENDS IN U.S. PROSTATE CANCER INCIDENCE, 1999-2004 (NUMBER OF NEW CASES REPORTED ANNUALLY)
  • Table 48 NEW PROSTATE CANCER CASES REPORTED IN THE U.S., 1999-2004
  • Figure 39 PROJECTED TRENDS IN NUMBER OF U.S., MEN 65 YEARS AND OLDER, 2003-2009 (THOUSANDS)
  • Table 49 NUMBER OF U.S. MEN 65 YEARS AND OLDER, 2003-2009 (MILLIONS)
    • In-Stent Restenosis
    • Alternative Technologies
    • Projected Sales
  • Table 50 U.S. MARKET FOR BRACHYTHERAPY DEVICES BY CLINICAL APPLICATIONS, THROUGH 2009 ($ MILLIONS)
    • Radio Frequency Therapy
      • Historical Sales
  • Figure 40 SHARE OF U.S. MARKETS FOR RF SURGICAL AND THERAPEUTIC SYSTEMS BY TYPE, 2003 (%)
  • Table 51 U.S. MARKETS FOR RF SURGICAL AND THERAPEUTIC SYSTEMS BY TYPE, 2003 ($ MILLIONS)
    • Market Drivers
      • RF Ablation Market Drivers
  • Figure 41 SHARE OF U.S. MARKETS FOR RF ABLATION SYSTEMS BY APPLICATION, 2003 (%)
  • Table 52 U.S. MARKETS FOR RF ABLATION SYSTEMS BY APPLICATION, 2003 ($ MILLIONS)
  • Figure 42 PROJECTED AVERAGE ANNUAL GROWTH RATES OF RF ABLATION APPLICATIONS, 2003-2009 (%)
    • Spinal Cord Stimulation Market Drivers
    • Large Underserved Market
  • Figure 43 SPINAL CORD STIMULATION MARKET SHARES, 2003 (%)
  • Table 53 NUMBER AND SHARE OF PATIENTS WITH SPINAL CORD STIMULATION CHRONIC PAIN MANAGEMENT, 2003
    • Projected Sales
  • Table 54 U.S. MARKETS FOR RF SURGICAL AND THERAPEUTIC SYSTEMS BY TYPE, THROUGH 2009 ($ BILLIONS)
    • Ultrasound Therapy
      • Historical Sales
  • Figure 44 SHARE OF U.S. MARKET FOR MEDICAL ULTRASOUND SYSTEMS BY APPLICATIONS, 2003 (%)
  • Table 55 SHARE OF U.S. MARKET FOR MEDICAL ULTRASOUND SYSTEMS BY APPLICATIONS, 2003 ($ BILLIONS)
    • Market Drivers
      • Trend towards Minimally Invasive Surgery
  • Figure 45 TRENDS IN U.S. MARKET FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL DEVICES AND EQUIPMENT, 2003-2009 ($ BILLIONS)
  • Table 56 U.S. SALES OF MIS EQUIPMENT AND DEVICES, THROUGH 2009 ($ BILLIONS)
    • Minimally Invasive Orthopedic Surgery
  • Figure 46 TRENDS IN U.S. MARKET FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE ORTHOPEDIC SURGICAL DEVICES AND EQUIPMENT, 2003-2009 ($ BILLIONS)
  • Table 57 U.S. SALES OF MINIMALLY INVASIVE ORTHOPEDIC SURGICAL EQUIPMENT AND DEVICES, THROUGH 2009 ($ BILLIONS)
    • Projected Sales
  • Table 58 U.S. MARKET FOR THERAPEUTIC AND SURGICAL ULTRASOUND EQUIPMENT, THROUGH 2009 ($ BILLIONS)
    • Laser Therapy
      • Historical Sales
  • Figure 47 SHARE OF U.S. MARKET FOR THERAPEUTIC LASERS BY APPLICATIONS, 2003* (%)
  • Table 59 U.S. MARKET FOR THERAPEUTIC LASERS BY APPLICATIONS, 2003* ($ BILLIONS)
    • Market Drivers
      • New Surgical Laser Procedures
  • Figure 48 PROJECTED GROWTH OF TOTAL U.S. POPULATION AND U.S. POPULATION AGED 55 AND OLDER, 2003-2009 (MILLIONS)
  • Table 60 TOTAL U.S. POPULATION AND U.S. POPULATION AGED 55 AND OLDER, THROUGH 2009 (MILLIONS)
    • Laser Treatment for Varicose Veins
  • Figure 49 TRENDS IN U.S. ENDO-VASCULAR LASER THERAPY MARKET SHARE, 2004 AND 2009 (PERCENT OF TOTAL VARICOSE VEIN PROCEDURES PERFORMED)
  • Table 61 TRENDS IN U.S. ENDO-VASCULAR LASER THERAPY MARKET SHARE, 2004 AND 2009
    • Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
  • Figure 50 TRENDS IN U.S. LASER PCI SYSTEM MARKET PENETRATION, 2004 AND 2009 (PERCENT OF U.S. INTERVENTIONAL CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION FACILITIES OWNING LASER PCI SYSTEMS)
  • Table 62 TRENDS IN U.S. LASER PCI SYSTEM MARKET PENETRATION, 2004 AND 2009
    • Trends in Laser Vision Correction
    • Figure 51 TRENDS IN NUMBER OF U.S. REFRACTIVE LASER SURGERY PROCEDURES, 1999-2003 (MILLION PROCEDURES)
  • Table 63 U.S. LASER REFRACTIVE SURGERY STATISTICS, 1999-2004
    • Increasing Laser Penetration of Dental Market
  • Figure 52 TRENDS IN U.S. DENTAL LASER MARKET PENETRATION, 2004 AND 2009 (PERCENT OF PRACTICING DENTISTS USING LASERS)
  • Table 64 TRENDS IN U.S. DENTAL LASER MARKET PENETRATION, 2004 AND 2009
    • Increasing Laser Penetration of Veterinary Market
  • Figure 53 TRENDS IN U.S. VETERINARY LASER MARKET PENETRATION, 2004 AND 2009 (PERCENT OF PRACTICING VETERINARIANS USING LASERS)
  • Table 65 TRENDS IN U.S. VETERINARY LASER MARKET PENETRATION, 2004 AND 2009
    • Patients Needing Vision Correction
    • Projected Sales
  • Table 66 U.S. MARKET FOR THERAPEUTIC LASERS BY TYPE OF APPLICATIONS, THROUGH 2009 ($ BILLIONS)
    • Surgical Lasers
    • Ophthalmic Lasers
    • Dental Lasers
    • Veterinary Lasers
    • RADIATION-BASED THERAPEUTIC MONITORING EQUIPMENT
  • Table 67 U.S. MARKET FOR RADIATION-BASED THERAPEUTIC MONITORING EQUIPMENT BY CATEGORY AND TYPE, THROUGH 2009 ($ MILLIONS)
  • Figure 54 SHARE OF U.S. MARKET FOR RADIATION-BASED THERAPEUTIC MONITORING EQUIPMENT BY TYPE, 2004 AND 2009 (%)
    • Intraoperative X-Ray (Fluoroscopic) Guidance
      • Historical Sales
  • Table 68 U.S. MARKET FOR INTRAOPERATIVE FLUOROSCOPY UNITS BY TYPE, 2009 (NUMBER OF UNITS, AVERAGE PRICE AND $ MILLIONS)
    • Market Drivers
      • Growth in the Number of U.S. Operating Rooms
  • Figure 55 TRENDS IN NUMBER OF U.S. OPERATING ROOMS, 20032009
  • Table 69 NUMBER OF U.S. OPERATING ROOMS, THROUGH 2009
    • Transition to Digital Fluoroscopy
    • Growing Popularity of Surgical Navigation Systems
  • Figure 56 U.S. MARKET FOR SURGICAL NAVIGATION SYSTEMS, 2003-2009 ($ MILLIONS)
  • Table 70 U.S. SALES OF SURGICAL NAVIGATION SYSTEMS, THROUGH 2009 ($ MILLIONS)
    • Competition from Other Imaging Technologies
    • Projected Sales
  • Table 71 U.S. MARKET FOR INTRAOPERATIVE FLUOROSCOPY SYSTEMS, THROUGH 2009 ($ MILLIONS)
  • Table 72 U.S. MARKET FOR INTRAOPERATIVE FLUOROSCOPY SYSTEMS BY TYPE - VOLUME, AVERAGE PRICE AND SALES, THROUGH 2009 (NUMBER OF UNITS, $/UNIT, $ MILLIONS)
    • Intraoperative Ultrasound Systems
      • Historical Sales
  • Figure 57 SHARE OF U.S. MARKET FOR ULTRASOUND SYSTEMS USED FOR SURGICAL GUIDANCE IN TOTAL ULTRASOUND SALES, 2003 (%)
  • Table 73 U.S. MARKET FOR ULTRASOUND SYSTEMS USED FOR SURGICAL GUIDANCE AND TOTAL ULTRASOUND SALES, 2003 ($ MILLIONS)
    • Market Drivers
      • Growth in Number of U.S. Operating Rooms
      • Growth in Intraoperative Ultrasound Market Penetration
  • Figure 58 SHARE OF U.S. OPERATING ROOMS EQUIPMENT WITH AND WITHOUT ULTRASOUNDS, 2000 AND 2003 (%)
  • Table 74 NUMBER OF U.S. OPERATING ROOMS EQUIPMENT WITH AND WITHOUT ULTRASOUNDS, 2000 AND 2003
    • New Surgical Technologies
      • Surgical Navigation Systems
      • Advanced Endoscopic Surgical Techniques
  • Figure 59 TRENDS IN U.S. MARKET FOR ENDOSCOPES AND RELATED EQUIPMENT, 2003-2009 ($ MILLIONS)
  • Table 75 U.S. SALES OF ENDOSCOPES AND RELATED EQUIPMENT, THROUGH 2009 ($ MILLIONS)
    • Projected Sales
  • Table 76 U.S. MARKET FOR INTRAOPERATIVE ULTRASOUND SYSTEMS, THROUGH 2009 ($ MILLIONS)
  • Table 77 U.S. MARKET FOR INTRAOPERATIVE ULTRASOUND SYSTEMS - VOLUME, VALUE AND PRICE, 2003-2009
    • Computed Tomography Systems
      • Historical Sales
  • Figure 60 U.S. INTERVENTIONAL CT MARKET BY TYPE OF APPLICATIONS, 2003 (PERCENT OF TOTAL INTERVENTIONAL CT SALES)
  • Table 78 U.S. INTERVENTIONAL CT MARKET BY TYPE OF APPLICATIONS, 2003 ($ MILLIONS)
    • Market Drivers
      • Trends in Number of Cranial and Spinal Surgical Procedures
  • Table 79 U.S. SURGICAL PROCEDURES SUITABLE FOR CT-GUIDANCE, 1997 (NUMBER OF PROCEDURES)
    • Technical Advances in CT Surgical Monitoring
    • New CT Monitoring Applications
    • Surgical Navigation Systems
    • Advanced Endoscopic Techniques
    • Projected Sales
  • Table 80 U.S. MARKET FOR INTRAOPERATIVE CT SYSTEMS, THROUGH 2009 ($ MILLIONS)
    • Magnetic Resonance
      • Historical Sales
  • Figure 61 SHARE OF U.S. MARKET FOR PERMANENTLY INSTALLED AND SEMI-PORTABLE IMRI SYSTEMS, 2003 (%)
  • Table 81 U.S. MARKET FOR PERMANENTLY INSTALLED AND SEMI-PORTABLE IMRI SYSTEMS, 2003 ($ MILLIONS)
    • Market Drivers
      • Introduction of Compact, Semiportable IMRI Scanners
      • Growth of Surgical Navigation Systems
    • Projected Sales
  • Table 82 U.S. MARKET FOR PERMANENTLY INSTALLED AND SEMI-PORTABLE INTRAOPERATIVE MRI SYSTEMS, THROUGH 2009 (NUMBER OF UNITS, $ MILLIONS)
    • MARKET BY APPLICATION
  • Figure 62 SHARE OF U.S. MARKET FOR RADIATION-BASED EQUIPMENT FOR THERAPY AND MONITORING BY TYPE OF APPLICATION, 2004 AND 2009 (PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES)
  • Table 83 U.S. MARKET FOR TOTAL RADIATION-BASED EQUIPMENT FOR THERAPEUTIC AND THERAPEUTIC MONITORING BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2009 ($ BILLIONS)
  • Table 84 U.S. MARKET FOR TYPES OF RADIATION-BASED THERAPEUTIC AND THERAPEUTIC MONITORING EQUIPMENT BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2009 ($ MILLIONS)
  • Table 84 (CONTINUED)
    • GLOBAL MARKET PERSPECTIVES
  • Figure 63 GLOBAL AND U.S. MARKET FOR RADIATION-BASED THERAPEUTIC AND THERAPEUTIC MONITORING EQUIPMENT, 2003-2009 ($ BILLIONS)
  • Table 85 GLOBAL AND U.S. MARKET FOR RADIATION-BASED THERAPEUTIC AND THERAPEUTIC MONITORING EQUIPMENT, THROUGH 2009 ($ BILLIONS)
  • Figure 64 GEOGRAPHICAL MARKET SHARES OF RADIATION-BASED THERAPEUTIC VS. THERAPEUTIC GUIDANCE DEVICES, 2004 AND 2009 (PERCENT OF GLOBAL SALES)
  • Table 86 GEOGRAPHICAL MARKET SHARES OF RADIATION-BASED THERAPEUTIC VS. THERAPEUTIC GUIDANCE DEVICES, 2004 AND 2009 ($ BILLIONS)
• LONG-TERM MARKET OUTLOOK
  • FACTORS THAT WILL INFLUENCE THE LONG-TERM MARKET
    • DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS
  • Table 87 PERCENT ELDERLY BY AGE AND BY REGION, 2000-2030 (PERCENT OF TOTAL POPULATION BY AGE COHORT)
    • ECONOMIC TRENDS
  • Table 88 PROJECTED TRENDS IN GDP BY REGION, THROUGH 2007 (ANNUAL PERCENTAGE CHANGE)
    • TRENDS IN THE INCIDENCE OF CERTAIN DISEASES AND CONDITIONS
      • Prostate Cancer
  • Table 89 TRENDS IN INCIDENCE OF PROSTATE CANCER BY REGION, 1973-1992
  • Table 89 (CONTINUED)
    • TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS
      • New Products and Technologies
        • Facilitating New Applications
        • Development of Lower-Cost Systems
        • Increasing Patient Access to Minimally Invasive Surgery
      • Development of Competing Technologies
        • Therapeutic Technologies
        • Imaging Technologies
          • Optical Imaging Technologies
          • Hybrid Optical/Non optical Imaging Systems
    • CHANGING STRUCTURE OF THE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY
      • Hospital Consolidation
      • Developments in Health Insurance
    • CONCLUSIONS
• COMPANY PROFILES
  • ACCURAY INC.
  • ADVANCED NEUROMODULATION SYSTEMS, INC.
  • ADVANCED SURGICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
  • ALCON INC.
  • ANGIODYNAMICS
  • Table 90 ANGIODYNAMICS SALES OF ENDOVENOUS LASER SURGERY SYSTEMS, THROUGH 2004 ($ MILLIONS)
    • ARTHROCARE CORP.
  • Table 91 ARTHROCARE CORP. FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE, THROUGH 2003 ($ MILLIONS)
    • BAUSCH & LOMB
  • Table 92 BAUSCH AND LOMB REFRACTIVE SURGERY PRODUCT SALES, 2001-2003 ($ MILLIONS)
    • BIOLASE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
  • Table 93 BIOLASE TECHNOLOGIES FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE, 2001-2003 ($ MILLIONS)
    • BIOSENSE WEBSTER, INC.
    • BIOSOUND ESAOTE, INC.
    • BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP.
    • COHERENT INC.
    • CONMED CORP.
  • Table 94 CONMED CORP. FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE, 2001-2003 ($ MILLIONS)
    • CONVERGENT LASER TECHNOLOGIES
    • DIOMED INC.
    • DORNIER MEDTECH GMBH
    • EDAP TMS S.A.
    • ELEKTA AB
    • ERBE ELEKTROMEDIZIN GMBH
    • ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC.
    • FONAR CORP.
  • Table 95 FONAR CORP. FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE, THROUGH 2004 ($ MILLIONS)
    • GE HEALTHCARE
    • HITACHI MEDICAL SYSTEMS AMERICA, INC.
    • IMARX THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    • IMASONIC S.A.
    • IMPLANT SCIENCES, INC.
  • Table 96 IMPLANT SCIENCES INC. FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE, THROUGH 2004 ($ MILLIONS)
    • INNOVATIVE MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING SYSTEMS INC.
    • INTERMAGNETICS GENERAL CORP.
  • Table 97 INTERMAGNETICS GENERAL CORP. FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE, THROUGH 2004 ($ MILLIONS)
    • IRIDEX CORP.
  • Table 98 IRIDEX CORP. FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE, THROUGH 2003 ($ MILLIONS)
    • IRVINE BIOMEDICAL, INC.
    • LABTHERMICS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    • LUMENIS LTD.
  • Table 99 LUMENIS LTD. FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE, THROUGH 2003 ($ MILLIONS)
  • Figure 65 LUMENIS LTD. SALES BY MARKET SEGMENT, 2003 (%)
  • Table 100 LUMENIS LTD. SALES BY MARKET SEGMENT, 2003 ($ MILLIONS, %)
    • MEDRAD, INC.
    • MEDTRONIC INC.
    • NIDEK LTD.
    • NOMOS CORP.
  • Table 101 NORTH AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC INC. FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE, THROUGH 2003 ($ MILLIONS)
    • NOVOSTE CORP.
  • Table 102 NOVOSTE CORP. FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE, THROUGH 2004 ($ MILLIONS)
    • ODIN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    • PARALLAX TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    • PHILIPS MEDICAL SYSTEMS, NA
    • PHYSIOMED ELEKTROMEDIZIN AG
    • SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS, INC.
    • SPECTRANETICS CORP.
    • STRYKER CORP.
    • SUPERTRON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    • SURGICAL LASER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    • THERAGENICS CORP.
  • Table 103 THERAGENICS CORP. FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE, THROUGH 2004 ($ MILLIONS)
    • THERUS CORP.
    • TOMOTHERAPY INC.
    • VALLEYLAB
    • VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
  • Table 104 VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE, THROUGH 2004 ($ MILLIONS)
    • VASCULAR SOLUTIONS, INC.
    • VISX INC.
    • WAVELIGHT LASER TECHNOLOGIE AG
    • XORAN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

LIST OF TABLES

• Summary Table:
• Table 1 TYPES OF THERAPEUTIC RADIATION
• Table 2 SURGICAL APPLICATIONS OF IONIZING RADIATION
• Table 3 NUMBER AND SHARE OF U.S. RADIOSURGERY PATENTS BY SEGMENT TYPE, 2004
• Table 4 NUMBER AND SHARE OF RADIOSURGERY PATENTS BY PATENT HOLDER, 2004
• Table 5 LIST OF RADIOSURGERY SYSTEM MANUFACTURERS, 2004
• Table 6 SALES AND MARKET SHARE OF U.S. RADIOSURGICAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS, 2004 ($ MILLIONS, %)
• Table 7 NUMBER AND SHARE OF U.S. BRACHYTHERAPY PATENTS BY TYPE, 2004
• Table 8 NUMBER AND SHARE OF BRACHYTHERAPY PATENTS BY PATENT HOLDERS, 2004
• Table 9 LIST OF BRACHYTHERAPY DEVICE MANUFACTURERS, 2004
• Table 10 SALES AND MARKET SHARE OF U.S. BRACHYTHERAPY MANUFACTURERS, 2004 ($ MILLIONS, %)
• Table 11 X-RAY THERAPEUTIC MONITORING APPLICATIONS
• Table 12 NUMBER AND SHARE OF U.S. FLUOROSCOPY PATENTS BY PATENT HOLDERS, 2004
• Table 13 LIST OF FLUOROSCOPE MANUFACTURERS, 2004
• Table 14 SALES AND MARKET SHARE OF U.S. FLUOROSCOPY MANUFACTURERS, 2004 ($ MILLION, %)
• Table 15 RF SURGICAL EQUIPMENTS AND THEIR FUNCTION/DESCRIPTION
• Table 16 NUMBER AND SHARE OF U.S. RF PATENTS FOR THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS, 2004
• Table 17 NUMBER AND SHARE OF RF PATENTS BY MEDICAL APPLICATION, 2004
• Table 18 NUMBER AND SHARE OF U.S. RF PATENTS BY TYPE OF HOLDER/ASSIGNEE, 2004
• Table 19 NUMBER AND SHARE OF PATENTS FOR LARGEST HOLDERS OF U.S. RF PATENTS, 2004
• Table 20 LIST OF RF SURGERY AND THERAPY SYSTEM MANUFACTURERS, 2004
• Table 21 SALES AND MARKET SHARE OF U.S. RF ELECTROSURGICAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS, 2004 ($ MILLIONS, %)
• Table 22 SALES AND MARKET SHARE OF U.S. RF SPINAL CORD STIMULATION SYSTEM MANUFACTURERS, 2004 ($ MILLIONS, %)
• Table 23 NUMBER AND SHARE OF U.S. ULTRASOUND DEVICE PATENTS FOR THERAPEUTIC VS. OTHER APPLICATIONS, 2004
• Table 24 NUMBER AND SHARE OF U.S. ULTRASOUND DEVICE PATENTS FOR THERMAL (HYPERTHERMIC) VS. OTHER THERAPIES, 2004
• Table 25 NUMBER AND SHARE OF U.S. ULTRASOUND THERAPY PATENTS BY TYPE OF PATENT HOLDER, 2004
• Table 26 NUMBER AND SHARE OF MAJOR U.S. ULTRASOUND THERAPY PATENT HOLDERS, 2004
• Table 27 LIST OF ULTRASOUND MANUFACTURERS, 2004
• Table 28 SALES AND MARKET SHARES OF U.S. ULTRASOUND MANUFACTURERS, 2004 ($ BILLIONS, %)
• Table 29 NUMBER AND SHARE OF THERAPEUTIC MRI-RELATED PATENT HOLDERS, 2004
• Table 30 LIST OF MRI MANUFACTURERS, 2004
• Table 31 SALES AND MARKET SHARES OF U.S. MRI MANUFACTURERS, 2004 ($ BILLIONS, %)
• Table 32 NUMBER AND SHARE OF U.S. SURGICAL LASER PATENTS BY TYPE OF APPLICATION, 2004
• Table 33 NUMBER AND SHARE OF U.S. SURGICAL LASER-RELATED PATENT HOLDERS, 2004
• Table 34 LIST OF SURGICAL LASER MANUFACTURERS, 2004
• Table 35 SALES AND MARKET SHARES OF U.S. THERAPEUTIC LASER MANUFACTURERS, 2004 ($ BILLIONS, %)
• Table 36 SURGICAL PROCEDURES SUITABLE FOR INTRAOPERATIVE CT MONITORING
• Table 37 NUMBER AND SHARE OF U.S. THERAPEUTIC GUIDANCE-RELATED CT PATENTS BY TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY, 2004
• Table 38 NUMBER AND SHARE OF THERAPEUTIC CT-RELATED PATENTS BY PATENT HOLDERS, 2004
• Table 39 LIST OF MOBILE CT MANUFACTURERS, 2004
• Table 40 SALES AND MARKET SHARE OF INTRAOPERATIVE CT MANUFACTURERS, 2004 ($ BILLIONS, %)
• Table 41 U.S. MARKET FOR RADIATION-BASED EQUIPMENT FOR THERAPY AND THERAPEUTIC MONITORING, THROUGH 2009 ($ BILLIONS)
• Table 42 U.S. MARKET FOR THERAPEUTIC RADIATION EQUIPMENT BY CATEGORY AND TYPES, THROUGH 2009 ($ BILLIONS)
• Table 43 U.S. MARKET FOR THERAPEUTIC IONIZING RADIATION EQUIPMENT BY TYPE OF RADIATION, 2003 ($ MILLIONS)
• Table 44 U.S. MARKET FOR THERAPEUTIC IONIZING RADIATION EQUIPMENT BY TYPE OF SURGERY, 2003 ($ MILLIONS)
• Table 45 U.S. MARKET FOR THERAPEUTIC IONIZING RADIATION EQUIPMENT BY TYPE OF SURGERY, THROUGH 2009 ($ BILLION)
• Table 46 U.S. MARKET FOR THERAPEUTIC IONIZING RADIATION EQUIPMENT BY TYPE OF RADIATION, 2009 ($ MILLIONS)
• Table 47 U.S. MARKET FOR BRACHYTHERAPY DEVICES BY CLINICAL APPLICATION, 2003 ($ MILLIONS)
• Table 48 NEW PROSTATE CANCER CASES REPORTED IN THE U.S., 1999-2004
• Table 49 NUMBER OF U.S. MEN 65 YEARS AND OLDER, 2003-2009 (MILLIONS)
• Table 50 U.S. MARKET FOR BRACHYTHERAPY DEVICES BY CLINICAL APPLICATIONS, THROUGH 2009 ($ MILLIONS)
• Table 51 U.S. MARKETS FOR RF SURGICAL AND THERAPEUTIC SYSTEMS BY TYPE, 2003 ($ MILLIONS)
• Table 52 U.S. MARKETS FOR RF ABLATION SYSTEMS BY APPLICATION, 2003 ($ MILLIONS)
• Table 53 NUMBER AND SHARE OF PATIENTS WITH SPINAL CORD STIMULATION CHRONIC PAIN MANAGEMENT, 2003
• Table 54 U.S. MARKETS FOR RF SURGICAL AND THERAPEUTIC SYSTEMS BY TYPE, THROUGH 2009 ($ BILLIONS)
• Table 55 SHARE OF U.S. MARKET FOR MEDICAL ULTRASOUND SYSTEMS BY APPLICATIONS, 2003 ($ BILLIONS)
• Table 56 U.S. SALES OF MIS EQUIPMENT AND DEVICES, THROUGH 2009 ($ BILLIONS)
• Table 57 U.S. SALES OF MINIMALLY INVASIVE ORTHOPEDIC SURGICAL EQUIPMENT AND DEVICES, THROUGH 2009 ($ BILLIONS)
• Table 58 U.S. MARKET FOR THERAPEUTIC AND SURGICAL ULTRASOUND EQUIPMENT, THROUGH 2009 ($ BILLIONS)
• Table 59 U.S. MARKET FOR THERAPEUTIC LASERS BY APPLICATIONS, 2003* ($ BILLIONS)
• Table 60 TOTAL U.S. POPULATION AND U.S. POPULATION AGED 55 AND OLDER, THROUGH 2009 (MILLIONS)
• Table 61 TRENDS IN U.S. ENDO-VASCULAR LASER THERAPY MARKET SHARE, 2004 AND 2009
• Table 62 TRENDS IN U.S. LASER PCI SYSTEM MARKET PENETRATION, 2004 AND 2009
• Table 63 U.S. LASER REFRACTIVE SURGERY STATISTICS, 1999-2004
• Table 64 TRENDS IN U.S. DENTAL LASER MARKET PENETRATION, 2004 AND 2009
• Table 65 TRENDS IN U.S. VETERINARY LASER MARKET PENETRATION, 2004 AND 2009
• Table 66 U.S. MARKET FOR THERAPEUTIC LASERS BY TYPE OF APPLICATIONS, THROUGH 2009 ($ BILLIONS)
• Table 67 U.S. MARKET FOR RADIATION-BASED THERAPEUTIC MONITORING EQUIPMENT BY CATEGORY AND TYPE, THROUGH 2009 ($ MILLIONS)
• Table 68 U.S. MARKET FOR INTRAOPERATIVE FLUOROSCOPY UNITS BY TYPE, 2009 (NUMBER OF UNITS, AVERAGE PRICE AND $ MILLIONS)
• Table 69 NUMBER OF U.S. OPERATING ROOMS, THROUGH 2009
• Table 70 U.S. SALES OF SURGICAL NAVIGATION SYSTEMS, THROUGH 2009 ($ MILLIONS)
• Table 71 U.S. MARKET FOR INTRAOPERATIVE FLUOROSCOPY SYSTEMS, THROUGH 2009 ($ MILLIONS)
• Table 72 U.S. MARKET FOR INTRAOPERATIVE FLUOROSCOPY SYSTEMS BY TYPE - VOLUME, AVERAGE PRICE AND SALES, THROUGH 2009 (NUMBER OF UNITS, $/UNIT, $ MILLIONS)
• Table 73 U.S. MARKET FOR ULTRASOUND SYSTEMS USED FOR SURGICAL GUIDANCE AND TOTAL ULTRASOUND SALES, 2003 ($ MILLIONS)
• Table 74 NUMBER OF U.S. OPERATING ROOMS EQUIPMENT WITH AND WITHOUT ULTRASOUNDS, 2000 AND 2003
• Table 75 U.S. SALES OF ENDOSCOPES AND RELATED EQUIPMENT, THROUGH 2009 ($ MILLIONS)
• Table 76 U.S. MARKET FOR INTRAOPERATIVE ULTRASOUND SYSTEMS, THROUGH 2009 ($ MILLIONS)
• Table 77 U.S. MARKET FOR INTRAOPERATIVE ULTRASOUND SYSTEMS - VOLUME, VALUE AND PRICE, 2003-2009
• Table 78 U.S. INTERVENTIONAL CT MARKET BY TYPE OF APPLICATIONS, 2003 ($ MILLIONS)
• Table 79 U.S. SURGICAL PROCEDURES SUITABLE FOR CT-GUIDANCE, 1997 (NUMBER OF PROCEDURES)
• Table 80 U.S. MARKET FOR INTRAOPERATIVE CT SYSTEMS, THROUGH 2009 ($ MILLIONS)
• Table 81 U.S. MARKET FOR PERMANENTLY INSTALLED AND SEMI-PORTABLE IMRI SYSTEMS, 2003 ($ MILLIONS)
• Table 82 U.S. MARKET FOR PERMANENTLY INSTALLED AND SEMI-PORTABLE INTRAOPERATIVE MRI SYSTEMS, THROUGH 2009 (NUMBER OF UNITS, $ MILLIONS)
• Table 83 U.S. MARKET FOR TOTAL RADIATION-BASED EQUIPMENT FOR THERAPEUTIC AND THERAPEUTIC MONITORING BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2009 ($ BILLIONS)
• Table 84 U.S. MARKET FOR TYPES OF RADIATION-BASED THERAPEUTIC AND THERAPEUTIC MONITORING EQUIPMENT BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2009 ($ MILLIONS)
• Table 85 GLOBAL AND U.S. MARKET FOR RADIATION-BASED THERAPEUTIC AND THERAPEUTIC MONITORING EQUIPMENT, THROUGH 2009 ($ BILLIONS)
• Table 86 GEOGRAPHICAL MARKET SHARES OF RADIATION-BASED THERAPEUTIC VS. THERAPEUTIC GUIDANCE DEVICES, 2004 AND 2009 ($ BILLIONS)
• Table 87 PERCENT ELDERLY BY AGE AND BY REGION, 2000-2030 (PERCENT OF TOTAL POPULATION BY AGE COHORT)
• Table 88 PROJECTED TRENDS IN GDP BY REGION, THROUGH 2007 (ANNUAL PERCENTAGE CHANGE)
• Table 89 TRENDS IN INCIDENCE OF PROSTATE CANCER BY REGION, 1973-1992
• Table 90 ANGIODYNAMICS SALES OF ENDOVENOUS LASER SURGERY SYSTEMS, THROUGH 2004 ($ MILLIONS)
• Table 91 ARTHROCARE CORP. FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE, THROUGH 2003 ($ MILLIONS)
• Table 92 BAUSCH AND LOMB REFRACTIVE SURGERY PRODUCT SALES, 2001-2003 ($ MILLIONS)
• Table 93 BIOLASE TECHNOLOGIES FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE, 2001-2003 ($ MILLIONS)
• Table 94 CONMED CORP. FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE, 2001-2003 ($ MILLIONS)
• Table 95 FONAR CORP. FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE, THROUGH 2004 ($ MILLIONS)
• Table 96 IMPLANT SCIENCES INC. FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE, THROUGH 2004 ($ MILLIONS)
• Table 97 INTERMAGNETICS GENERAL CORP. FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE, THROUGH 2004 ($ MILLIONS)
• Table 98 IRIDEX CORP. FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE, THROUGH 2003 ($ MILLIONS)
• Table 99 LUMENIS LTD. FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE, THROUGH 2003 ($ MILLIONS)
• Table 100 LUMENIS LTD. SALES BY MARKET SEGMENT, 2003 ($ MILLIONS, %)
• Table 101 NORTH AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC INC. FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE, THROUGH 2003 ($ MILLIONS)
• Table 102 NOVOSTE CORP. FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE, THROUGH 2004 ($ MILLIONS)
• Table 103 THERAGENICS CORP. FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE, THROUGH 2004 ($ MILLIONS)
• Table 104 VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE, THROUGH 2004 ($ MILLIONS)

LIST OF FIGURES

• Summary Figure:
• Figure 1 U.S. RADIOSURGERY PATENTS BY TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY, 2004 (%)
• Figure 2 SHARE OF U.S. RADIOSURGERY PATENTS BY PATENT HOLDER, 2004 (%)
• Figure 3 MARKET SHARE OF U.S. RADIOSURGICAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS, 2004 (%)
• Figure 4 SHARE OF U.S. BRACHYTHERAPY PATENT SHARE BY TYPE, 2004 (%)
• Figure 5 SHARE OF U.S. BRACHYTHERAPY PATENTS BY PATENT HOLDERS, 2004 (%)
• Figure 6 MARKET SHARE OF U.S. BRACHYTHERAPY MANUFACTURERS, 2004 (%)
• Figure 7 SHARE OF U.S. FLUOROSCOPY PATENTS BY PATENT HOLDERS, 2004 (%)
• Figure 8 MARKET SHARE OF U.S. FLUOROSCOPY MANUFACTURERS, 2004 (%)
• Figure 9 SHARE OF U.S. RF PATENTS FOR THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS, 2004 (%)
• Figure 10 SHARE OF U.S. RF PATENTS BY MEDICAL APPLICATION, 2004
• Figure 11 SHARE OF U.S. RF PATENTS BY TYPE OF HOLDER/ASSIGNEE, 2004
• Figure 12 SHARE OF LARGEST HOLDERS OF U.S. RF PATENTS, 2004 (%)
• Figure 13 MARKET SHARE OF U.S. RF ELECTROSURGICAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS, 2004 (%)
• Figure 14 MARKET SHARE OF U.S. RF SPINAL CORD STIMULATION SYSTEM MANUFACTURERS, 2004 (%)
• Figure 15 SHARE OF U.S. ULTRASOUND DEVICE PATENTS FOR THERAPEUTIC VS. OTHER APPLICATIONS, 2004 (%)
• Figure 16 SHARE OF U.S. ULTRASOUND DEVICE PATENTS FOR THERMAL (HYPERTHERMIC) VS. OTHER THERAPIES, 2004 (%)
• Figure 17 SHARE OF U.S. ULTRASOUND THERAPY PATENTS BY TYPE OF PATENT HOLDER, 2004 (%)
• Figure 18 SHARE OF MAJOR U.S. ULTRASOUND THERAPY PATENT HOLDERS, 2004 (%)
• Figure 19 MARKET SHARES OF U.S. ULTRASOUND MANUFACTURERS, 2004 (%)
• Figure 20 SHARE OF U.S. THERAPEUTIC GUIDANCE-RELATED MRI PATENTS BY TYPE OF PATENT HOLDER, 2004 (%)
• Figure 21 SHARE OF MAJOR U.S. THERAPEUTIC MRI-RELATED PATENT HOLDERS, 2004 (%)
• Figure 22 MARKET SHARES OF U.S. MRI MANUFACTURERS, 2004 (%)
• Figure 23 SHARE OF U.S. SURGICAL LASER PATENTS BY TYPE OF APPLICATION, 2004 (%)
• Figure 24 SHARE OF U.S. SURGICAL LASER PATENTS BY TYPE OF PATENT HOLDER, 2004 (%)
• Figure 25 SHARE OF MAJOR U.S. SURGICAL LASER-RELATED PATENT HOLDERS, 2004 (%)
• Figure 26 MARKET SHARES OF U.S. THERAPEUTIC LASER MANUFACTURERS, 2004 (%)
• Figure 27 SHARE OF U.S. THERAPEUTIC GUIDANCE-RELATED CT PATENTS BY TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY, 2004 (%)
• Figure 28 SHARE OF THERAPEUTIC GUIDANCE-RELATED CT PATENTS BY TYPE OF PATENT HOLDER, 2004 (%)
• Figure 29 SHARE OF MAJOR U.S. THERAPEUTIC CT-RELATED PATENTS BY PATENT HOLDERS, 2004 (%)
• Figure 30 MARKET SHARE OF INTRAOPERATIVE CT MANUFACTURERS, 2004 (%)
• Figure 31 U.S. MARKET FOR RADIATION-BASED EQUIPMENT FOR THERAPY AND THERAPEUTIC MONITORING, 2003-2009 ($ BILLIONS)
• Figure 32 SHARE OF U.S. MARKET FOR RADIATION-BASED EQUIPMENT FOR THERAPY AND THERAPEUTIC MONITORING, 2004 AND 2009 (%)
• Figure 33 SHARE OF U.S. MARKET FOR THERAPEUTIC RADIATION DEVICES BY TYPE, 2004 AND 2009 (%)
• Figure 34 U.S. MARKET FOR THERAPEUTIC IONIZING RADIATION EQUIPMENT BY TYPE OF RADIATION, 2003 (%)
• Figure 35 SHARE OF U.S. MARKET FOR THERAPEUTIC IONIZING RADIATION EQUIPMENT BY TYPE OF SURGERY, 2003 (%)
• Figure 36 U.S. MARKET FOR THERAPEUTIC IONIZING RADIATION EQUIPMENT BY TYPE OF RADIATION, 2009 (%)
• Figure 37 SHARE OF U.S. MARKET FOR BRACHYTHERAPY DEVICES BY CLINICAL APPLICATION, 2003 (%)
• Figure 38 TRENDS IN U.S. PROSTATE CANCER INCIDENCE, 1999-2004 (NUMBER OF NEW CASES REPORTED ANNUALLY)
• Figure 39 PROJECTED TRENDS IN NUMBER OF U.S., MEN 65 YEARS AND OLDER, 2003-2009 (THOUSANDS)
• Figure 40 SHARE OF U.S. MARKETS FOR RF SURGICAL AND THERAPEUTIC SYSTEMS BY TYPE, 2003 (%)
• Figure 41 SHARE OF U.S. MARKETS FOR RF ABLATION SYSTEMS BY APPLICATION, 2003 (%)
• Figure 42 PROJECTED AVERAGE ANNUAL GROWTH RATES OF RF ABLATION APPLICATIONS, 2003-2009 (%)
• Figure 43 SPINAL CORD STIMULATION MARKET SHARES, 2003 (%)
• Figure 44 SHARE OF U.S. MARKET FOR MEDICAL ULTRASOUND SYSTEMS BY APPLICATIONS, 2003 (%)
• Figure 45 TRENDS IN U.S. MARKET FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL DEVICES AND EQUIPMENT, 2003-2009 ($ BILLIONS)
• Figure 46 TRENDS IN U.S. MARKET FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE ORTHOPEDIC SURGICAL DEVICES AND EQUIPMENT, 2003-2009 ($ BILLIONS)
• Figure 47 SHARE OF U.S. MARKET FOR THERAPEUTIC LASERS BY APPLICATIONS, 2003* (%)
• Figure 48 PROJECTED GROWTH OF TOTAL U.S. POPULATION AND U.S. POPULATION AGED 55 AND OLDER, 2003-2009 (MILLIONS)
• Figure 49 TRENDS IN U.S. ENDO-VASCULAR LASER THERAPY MARKET SHARE, 2004 AND 2009 (PERCENT OF TOTAL VARICOSE VEIN PROCEDURES PERFORMED)
• Figure 50 TRENDS IN U.S. LASER PCI SYSTEM MARKET PENETRATION, 2004 AND 2009 (PERCENT OF U.S. INTERVENTIONAL CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION FACILITIES OWNING LASER PCI SYSTEMS)
• Figure 51 TRENDS IN NUMBER OF U.S. REFRACTIVE LASER SURGERY PROCEDURES, 1999-2003 (MILLION PROCEDURES)
• Figure 52 TRENDS IN U.S. DENTAL LASER MARKET PENETRATION, 2004 AND 2009 (PERCENT OF PRACTICING DENTISTS USING LASERS)
• Figure 53 TRENDS IN U.S. VETERINARY LASER MARKET PENETRATION, 2004 AND 2009 (PERCENT OF PRACTICING VETERINARIANS USING LASERS)
• Figure 54 SHARE OF U.S. MARKET FOR RADIATION-BASED THERAPEUTIC MONITORING EQUIPMENT BY TYPE, 2004 AND 2009 (%)
• Figure 55 TRENDS IN NUMBER OF U.S. OPERATING ROOMS, 20032009
• Figure 56 U.S. MARKET FOR SURGICAL NAVIGATION SYSTEMS, 2003-2009 ($ MILLIONS)
• Figure 57 SHARE OF U.S. MARKET FOR ULTRASOUND SYSTEMS USED FOR SURGICAL GUIDANCE IN TOTAL ULTRASOUND SALES, 2003 (%)
• Figure 58 SHARE OF U.S. OPERATING ROOMS EQUIPMENT WITH AND WITHOUT ULTRASOUNDS, 2000 AND 2003 (%)
• Figure 59 TRENDS IN U.S. MARKET FOR ENDOSCOPES AND RELATED EQUIPMENT, 2003-2009 ($ MILLIONS)
• Figure 60 U.S. INTERVENTIONAL CT MARKET BY TYPE OF APPLICATIONS, 2003 (PERCENT OF TOTAL INTERVENTIONAL CT SALES)
• Figure 61 SHARE OF U.S. MARKET FOR PERMANENTLY INSTALLED AND SEMI-PORTABLE IMRI SYSTEMS, 2003 (%)
• Figure 62 SHARE OF U.S. MARKET FOR RADIATION-BASED EQUIPMENT FOR THERAPY AND MONITORING BY TYPE OF APPLICATION, 2004 AND 2009 (PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES)
• Figure 63 GLOBAL AND U.S. MARKET FOR RADIATION-BASED THERAPEUTIC AND THERAPEUTIC MONITORING EQUIPMENT, 2003-2009 ($ BILLIONS)
• Figure 64 GEOGRAPHICAL MARKET SHARES OF RADIATION-BASED THERAPEUTIC VS. THERAPEUTIC GUIDANCE DEVICES, 2004 AND 2009 (PERCENT OF GLOBAL SALES)
• Figure 65 LUMENIS LTD. SALES BY MARKET SEGMENT, 2003 (%)