Why should clinicians feel confident in the CyberKnife Systems image guidance technology as an alternative to localization systems incorporating a conventional stereotactic head frame?
The CyberKnife System uses a combination of image guidance and computer controlled robotics to continuously track, detect and correct for tumor and patient movement throughout the treatment. Because of the extreme precision and accuracy of the CyberKnife System, no head or body frame is required to immobilize the patient for tumor tracking. During treatment, the CyberKnife correlates live radiographic images with pre-operative CT or MRI scans to determine patient and tumor position repeatedly throughout the course of treatment. With the Synchrony® Respiratory Tracking System, patients can breathe normally throughout their treatment without breath-holding or gating techniques, enabling clinicians to continuously track, detect and correct for tumor and patient movement throughout the treatment. With the CyberKnife System’s revolutionary Xsight™ Spine Tracking System it is now possible to treat tumors in or near spinal structures without implanting radiographic markers or fiducials.
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