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Case Reports
. 2011 Mar 3:2011:bcr0720103197.
doi: 10.1136/bcr.07.2010.3197.

CyberKnife radiosurgery for an intracardiac metastasis

A G R Martin  1 , D J Coltart, P N Plowman
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Case Reports

CyberKnife radiosurgery for an intracardiac metastasis

A G R Martin et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests Dr Martin and Dr Plowman have received honoraria from Accuray, Sunnyvale, California, USA, for educational presentations related to the use of CyberKnife.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Picture of the CyberKnife system components. A compact linear accelerator is mounted on a six-joint robotic arm, which can move freely around the patient. Two kilovoltage x-ray sources are positioned orthogonally for near ‘real-time’ target imaging. The infrared Synchrony camera can monitor chest-wall movement via light-emitting diodes placed on the patient's chest.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Axial slice from cardiac-gated CT scan used to assist treatment planning. The tumour volume is shown in red overlay, and whole heart volume in pink overlay. The radiation isodose arrangement is superimposed, with the isodose key shown top right (doses are in centigray, where 100 centigray=1 gray (Gy)). The radiotherapy beam arrangement is shown on the skeleton view (bottom left). One hundred and ninety eight individual beams of radiation (light blue) converge on the target to give the optimum dose distribution.
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