|
CyberKnife® |
Gamma Knife® |
Other Linac Systems
(Elekta Synergy®, Novalis®, Varian Trilogy®, TomoTherapy®) |
|
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Also Does “Conventional” Radiotherapy |
|
No |
No |
Yes |
Anatomic Area treatable with Radiosurgical Precision |
|
Brain, Spine,
Entire Body |
Brain |
Brain +/- other selected sites depending upon specific system |
|
No |
Yes |
Yes |
|
No |
Yes |
No |
Capable of divided treatments to better preserve adjacent tissues |
|
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Continuously adapts to lesion motion caused by organ movement (real time lesion tracking) |
|
Yes |
N/A |
No |
|
Yes |
N/A |
Varian Trilogy® uses respiratory gating but does not track with radiosurgical precision – Other systems do not adapt to breathing |