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Baylor Radiosurgery Center
Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas
3500 Gaston Avenue
First Floor Hoblitzelle
Dallas, Texas 75246

1.800.4BAYLOR
214.820.7285

Glossary of Terms

Baylor Radiosurgery Center wants to make everything as easy and convenient to the patient as possible. This glossary of terms will help you understand medical terms that you may not have known before.

Radiosurgery Technology 

CyberKnife® Technology

 The CyberKnife provides a completely different way to perform radiosurgery.
It consists of a large and powerful robotic system that stereotactically guides
a modified linear accelerator around the patient, delivering one beam at a time.
The system automatically uses X-rays of the patient taken during treatment
to tell the robotic device how to compensate for patient movement, allowing the
CyberKnife literally to “track” the tumor. During treatment of extracranial sites,
the CyberKnife tracks motion induced by respiration to produce a precise
treatment plan. This remarkable technology is also the secret behind the ability
of the CyberKnife to treat difficult tumors requiring fractionation.

 

Gamma Knife® Technology

The Gamma Knife directs 201 focused beams of radiation at the targeted lesion
by means of a large helmet-like collimator. A special stereotactic frame
is attached to the patient’s head, providing greater accuracy. The model of
Gamma Knife at Baylor Radiosurgery Center features a motorized, automated
positioning system that allows shorter treatment times.