Wednesday, May 04, 2005
Jacob had his CyberKnife treatment this afternoon. Dr. Gibbs and Dr. Huhn were there monitoring the whole thing, though, of course, it's computer controlled. They shot beams from 105 different angles in less than an hour. The doctors seemed very pleased.
Jacob was a champion, holding still. He doesn't have any restrictions on what he can eat or do. When we came out, it was pouring and he ran all the way to the car.
It will take a while for the effects of the procedure to show up on the MRI, but that should be the end of this tumor.
Here Dr. Huhn and Dr. Gibbs are watching technician Onne strap Jacob in. The rectangles at angles below his head are huge CCDs or sensor arrays of some kind, so they can watch real time images of each shot:
Jacob was a champion, holding still. He doesn't have any restrictions on what he can eat or do. When we came out, it was pouring and he ran all the way to the car.
It will take a while for the effects of the procedure to show up on the MRI, but that should be the end of this tumor.
Here Dr. Huhn and Dr. Gibbs are watching technician Onne strap Jacob in. The rectangles at angles below his head are huge CCDs or sensor arrays of some kind, so they can watch real time images of each shot:
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