Targeting tumors inside the body with high precision and accuracy throughout a treatment is challenging,
often requiring immobilization devices to prevent the patient from moving.
The problem becomes significantly more difficult when treating tumors that move with respiration
like those found in the lung, liver or pancreas. The Synchrony system is a module on the
CyberKnife that directs the beam to move with the tumor in real-time throughout the treatment.
Using state-of-the-art sensing technology, the Synchrony System monitors and tracks the patient’s
respiratory motion in real time. Leveraging the CyberKnife System’s high-precision image guidance
capabilities, the Synchrony System correlates tumor motion with respiratory motion, dynamically directing
the linear accelerator to deliver highly accurate radiation beams to moving tumors. The system constantly
updates its correlation model with each new X-ray image, automatically correcting for
any changes in the patient’s breathing patterns.
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