MR imaging-guided prostate biopsy with surgical navigation software: device validation and feasibility.

Hata, N; Jinzaki, M; Kacher, D; Cormak, R; Gering, D; Nabavi, A; Silverman, S G; D'Amico, A V et al. · Radiology · 2001

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Abstract

Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging--guided prostate biopsy in a 0.5-T open imager is described, validated in phantom studies, and performed in two patients. The needles are guided by using fast gradient-recalled echo and T2-weighted fast spin-echo images. Surgical navigation software provided T2-weighted images critical to targeting the peripheral zone and the tumor. MR imaging can be used to guide prostate biopsy.

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