How CyberKnife Works

Mount Miriam Cancer Hospital offers one of the world’s latest technology cancer treatments - CyberKnife, the only one available in Malaysia & Singapore. Visit www.mountmiriam.com to learn more about this revolutionary cancer treatment technology.
The CyberKnife robotic radiosurgery system involves no cutting. For many patients, the CyberKnife treatment can offer a non-invasive alternative to surgery for the treatment of both cancerous and noncancerous tumors.
It is composed of a radiation delivery device, called a linear accelerator (or Linac), which is mounted on a robotic arm. The flexibility of the robotic arm enables the CyberKnife System to deliver radiation to tumors anywhere in the body, including the brain, head, and neck, spine, lung, prostate, liver, pancreas, breast and other soft tissues.
The CyberKnife system also utilizes sophisticated software and advanced imaging to track tumor and patient movement and adjust the beams of high-dose radiation to ensure treatment is delivered with a high degree of accuracy.
With the CyberKnife System, patients can complete treatment in one (1) to five (5) days, compared to the weeks it takes to complete a course of conventional radiation therapy. In addition, it provides a pain-free, non-surgical option for patients who have inoperable or surgically complex tumors, or who may be looking for an alternative to surgery.

[@judybori2290]

Had Cyberknife 3 times on lung and I really appreciated seeing this, I fully understand now the treatment I went through.

[@EEECCCGGG]

3x on same tumor? If I may ask, how are you now?

[@OneEarUp]

why has this not yet been widely distributed to the world?

[@bigrndahouse]

cost

[@wretchedsinnerRighteousSavior]

I'm sure it costs 10 million dollars. A regular MRI costs more than 1 million

[@Dr_Callidus_Corvus]

​@@wretchedsinnerRighteousSaviorit costs around 4-6 million dollars depending on the model. And that without taking into account cost of staff, training, the machine program, the bunker it's placed in and the maintenance cost. Plus, it's not necessary to use a Cyberknife for most tumors, a regular Linac is sufficient.

[@GlenStevenson-t7z]

Does this work for trigeminal neuralgia

[@citylife3370]

Isn't the beam going out on the other side of the body? I mean, if a tumor, for example, is 5 cm below the surface. How do you control the beam to only treat the tumor and not affect the healthy tissue? I imagine the beam like a laser that "shoots" through something that won't be stopped. Or is this just done by applying the beam from various angles at low doses and trying to kind of overlap at the tumor to get a higher dose, in summary?

[@james_cinnabond]

Yeah, you pretty much summed it up in your last sentence. I found another video that nicely demonstrates the concept on a prostate if you are interested (timestamp 2:12) - kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4u2Z3eMfKerZs0

[@msohailrana26]

Bravo

[@antonellaporcelli7373]

Che differenza c'e'fra gamma knife e. Ciber knife

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[@newideas6029]

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[@zezr3756]

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[@tugcevsn]

Önce insan bedenini son teknolojilerle bozun sonra son teknoloji ile düzeltmeye çalışın çok iyi ticaretçisiniz,(virgül)

[@BarbaroR4]

Radyasyon insanlardaki kanser yada tumörlere zarar verebilir yada etkisiz hale getirebilir(bu tür LINAC makinelerde) bu CyberKnife lineer hızlandırıcı Cobalt 60(uranyuma benzer tehlikeli bir radyoaktif madde) kullanmıyor onun yerine mikrodalga(9.3ghz X band magnetron) kullanıyor ve elektron silahı denilen yerde hızlandırılıp sonda tungsten metaline çarpıyor, tungsten metali binevi filtre olarak iş görüyor, tungsten metali elektron ışınlarını filtrelemek ve en önemlisi X ışınları için yüksek elektron(daha fazla elektron daha fazla radyasyon) gerekir ve tungsten metali sadece xray lerin geçmesini ve tehlikeli olabilcek ışınları engellemesini sağlar(LINAClar gelişmiş olduğu için çok detaya girmicem), yani bu makine iyi huylu tumörlerde %95-%100 başarı ve kötü huylularda %70-%90. Bugünün teknolojisi daha çok güvenli, örneğin 1980 lerde Therac-25 adlı bir hızlandırıcı yazılım yüzünden 6 hastanın ölümüne sebep oldu, bunun nedeni hem 1 kişi kodunu hazmış hem mekanik kilitler kaldırılıp yazılımla değiştirilmiş ve fazlası, bugünün teknolojisiyle bu tür olayların yaşanması nerdeyse imkansızdır.