CyberKnife's latest accessory, the Synchrony®Respiratory Tracking System, is the first technology in the world capable of accurately delivering high doses of radiation to moving targets. As such, it offers new hope for patients with soft-tissue tumors that move with respiration, particularly those of the lung, liver, kidney and pancreas. In fact, Georgetown's experienced CyberKnife team is now treating 57 percent of cases extracranially (outside the head, neck and spine).
The Synchrony System uses a complex combination of cameras, motion-tracking software, fiber optic sensing technology, red-light emitters and a special formfitting, highly elastic patient garment to map external body surface movement with that of the internal tumor. It tracks soft-tissue tumors in real time, allowing physicians to deliver the optimum radiation dosage without harming surrounding, healthy tissues.
Standing – Drs. Anatoly Dritschilo and Gregory Gagnon, Radiation Medicine.
Sitting – Drs. John Lynch, Urology; Nancy Dawson, Hematology/Oncology; and Sean Collins, Radiation Medicine
