Posted in News on Tuesday, July 14th, 2009 at 2:37 pm by staff photographer Bill Fraser
The Fox Chase Cancer Center Buckingham, a state-of-the-art radiation therapy center in Furlong, will open its doors to the public later this month. A ribbon cutting is schedulded for tomorrow.
Pictured above is the CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery System. According to the center’s Web site, it is “the first radiosurgery system designed to target tumors anywhere in the body with sub-millimeter accuracy, provides treatment for tumors that cannot be removed surgically. Using image-guidance technology and computer-controlled robotics, the CyberKnife system is designed to continuously track the tumor, detect its location, and correct for tumor and patient movement throughout the treatment.” Operating the controls is medical physicist James Lou.
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