title: MR imaging-guided prostate biopsy with surgical navigation software: device validation and feasibility.
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.
authors: Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Hata
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Jinzaki
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Kacher
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Cormak
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Gering
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Nabavi
authors: S G
authors: SG
authors: Silverman
authors: A V
authors: AV
authors: D'Amico
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Kikinis
authors: F A
authors: FA
authors: Jolesz
authors: C M
authors: CM
authors: Tempany
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D004867:Equipment Design; D004869:Equipment Safety; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative / Q000295:instrumentation; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012986:Software Validation