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Accuray's treatment planning service will also enable new customers to begin delivering CyberKnife treatments earlier by allowing their in-house staff to focus on the important role of site commissioning and quality assurance while transferring the planning component to Accuray's treatment planning group's Board Certified medical physicists.
About the CyberKnife(R) Robotic Radiosurgery System
The CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery System is the world's only robotic radiosurgery system designed to treat tumors anywhere in the body non-invasively. Using continual image guidance technology and computer controlled robotic mobility, the CyberKnife System automatically tracks, detects and corrects for tumor and patient movement in real-time throughout the treatment. This enables the CyberKnife System to deliver high-dose radiation with pinpoint precision, which minimizes damage to surrounding healthy tissue and eliminates the need for invasive head or body stabilization frames.
About Accuray
Accuray Incorporated (Nasdaq: ARAY), based in Sunnyvale, Calif., is a
global leader in the field of radiosurgery dedicated to providing an
improved quality of life and a non-surgical treatment option for those
diagnosed with cancer. Accuray develops and markets the CyberKnife Robotic
Radiosurgery System, which extends the benefits of radiosurgery to include
extracranial tumors, including those in the spine, lung, prostate, liver
and pancreas. To date, the CyberKnife System has been used to
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