The CyberKnife System is the world’s first and only radiosurgery system designed to treat tumors anywhere in the body with sub-millimeter accuracy. Using image guidance technology and computer controlled robotics, the CyberKnife System is a form of Robotic Stereotactic Radiosurgery designed to continually track, detect, and correct for tumor and patient movement throughout the treatment.
For CyberKnife Patients
CyberKnife treatments involve a team approach in which several specialists participate. Following is a description of what you can expect during your visit.
Prior to the procedure, the patient is imaged using a high-resolution CT scan, to determine the size, shape, and location of the tumor.
Following scanning, the image data is digitally transferred to the CyberKnife System’s workstation, where the treatment planning begins.
A qualified clinician then uses the CyberKnife software to generate a treatment plan. The plan is used to match the desired radiation dose to the identified tumor location while limiting radiation exposure to the surrounding healthy tissue.
Once the treatment plan has been developed, the patient is ready to undergo the CyberKnife procedure.
For CyberKnife Physicians
The CyberKnife System is the world’s first and only radiosurgery system designed to treat tumors anywhere in the body with sub-millimeter accuracy. Using image guidance technology and computer controlled robotics, the CyberKnife System is a form of Robotic Stereotactic Radiosurgery designed to continually track, detect, and correct for tumor and patient movement throughout the treatment.
CyberKnife works by delivering a series of high-dose radiation beams at varying points outside of the body. These beams are programmed to converge at one specific point — the tumor. Separately, the beams are not strong enough for the patient to incur any damage to healthy tissue as a result of the radiation therapy. But where the beams converge, the cancerous tissue is destroyed.
This technology can spare the tissue of vital organs near complex tumors of abnormal formation. CyberKnife’s robotic precision ensures surrounding tissue is spared.