John Adler , MD

Stanford University
Stanford, CA

Dr. Adler's research focuses on the development of computerized tools for surgical guidance. Two different technologies are being investigated: 1) intra-operative image guidance, and 2) frameless stereotactic radiosurgery (the Cyberknife). The first of these provides surgeons with real-time spatial localization. The second utilizes image to image correlation for precisely targeting a sharply collimated radiation beam. This latter surgical tool permits noninvasive ablation of small tumors.