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CyberKnife® Radiosurgery:
A Higher Order of Precision
The CyberKnife® Synchrony®  respiratory tracking system locks onto gold markers that are implanted into the pancreatic tumor, and correlates their position with the respiratory cycle as determined by optical tracking, to track the targeted lesion with 1.5 mm accuracy throughout the entire breathing cycle, allowing a much smaller applied margin compared with other radiation delivery systems. This gives CyberKnife® the distinction of being the only device that currently brings radiosurgical precision to a respiration-induced moving target such as the pancreas.

More Information on Synchrony Respiratory Tracking:
   · Synchrony Respiratory Tracking System (.pdf 162k)
   · Synchrony Video
     (Windows Media Player 1.6M - will open a new window)

 

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Written by Donald B. Fuller, M.D. – Radiation Oncologist       



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