CyberKnife

January 21, 2009 · Filed Under Learning · Comments Off

The name might scare, but there isn’t any need to force down the panic button, this isn’t another cyber threat. Rather this is an emerging surgical technology with the potential to revolutionize the medical history.

Gone are the days of the never ending treatments and painful surgeries, Welcome Cyberknife systems!

Cyberknife, invented by John R. Adler, a Stanford University Professor of Neurosurgery and Radiation Oncology, is a frameless robotic radiosurgery system. CyberKnife System is the world’s earliest and lone robotic radio surgical system.

Cyberknife in other words could be described as the most advanced no surgical, painless technology that can reduce or eliminate certain scratch and tumors located in prostate, lung, brain, spine, liver, pancreas and kidney.

The benefits are countless. This technology is highly precise and considerably shortens treatment time. What adds to its value is the fact that this minimizes healthy tissue’s exposure to radiation. The irony is that using this system means no cuts and no complex surgeries!

The system uses computer-assisted, non-surgical technology to transmit small beams of radiation from several different angles into a tumor.

Over thousands of Cyberknife systems have been installed worldwide and have till now successfully treated 50,000 patients.

Tags: cancer, Cyberknife, medical sciences, radiosurgery, technology, tumor