guided biopsy

The choice of methods is further supplemented with 3D imaging guided biopsy systems and post mortem angiography.

Image guided biopsy and thoracoscopy have largely replaced blind biopsy due to their greater sensitivity and safety profile.

The best facilities have dedicated breast coils, which are required for the most accurate screening, and they are able to perform the guided biopsies necessary for diagnosis.

CT guided biopsy has a sensitivity of 87% compared to Abrams' needle biopsy, which has a sensitivity of 47%.

Recovery of virus from tissues (e.g., endoscopically guided biopsies of GI or pulmonary tissue) provides evidence of disease in symptomatic patients.

Systematic finger guided transrectal needle biopsy of the prostate: Alternative to TRUS guided biopsies in clinical practice.

In men who are candidates for active surveillance, fusion MR/US guided prostate biopsy detected 33% of cancers compared to 7% with standard ultrasound guided biopsy.

As there may be infiltration of the submucosa, larger biopsy forceps, endoscopic ultrasound guided biopsy, endoscopic submucosal resection, or laparotomy may be required to obtain tissue.

For the last two decades, transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) guided biopsy has been used to diagnose prostate cancer in a "blind" fashion because prostate cancer cannot be seen on ultrasound due to poor soft tissue resolution.

Always fascinated with new technology, very early on Dr. Soloway saw the potential of the ultrasound guided biopsies over the digitally guided biopsies and soon he began promoting the TRUS biopsy method to urologists for their outpatient clinics.