Robotics and radiosurgery--the cyberknife.
The Cyberknife is a dedicated image-guided robotic radiosurgical device. While clinical results with intracranial lesions are comparable to frame-based radiosurgical techniques, recent experience demonstrates the potential to broadly expand the scope of radiosurgery to many extracranial sites.
Chang
S D
SD
Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Adler
J R
JR
D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016634:Radiosurgery / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012371:Robotics / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data