A manipulator system for 14-gauge large core breast biopsies inside a high-field whole-body MR scanner
✍ Scribed by Stefan O.R. Pfleiderer; Jürgen R. Reichenbach; Tarek Azhari; Christiane Marx; Ansgar Malich; Achim Schneider; Jörg Vagner; Harald Fischer; Werner A. Kaiser
- Book ID
- 102377052
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 333 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1053-1807
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✦ Synopsis
Purpose:
To investigate a robotic manipulator system for mr-guided breast biopsies inside a 1.5 t whole-body magnet.
Materials and methods:
Fourteen patients with suspicious breast lesions (diameter 18.6 +/- 12 mm) underwent biopsy. patients with malignant findings underwent surgery afterwards and the histologic findings between biopsy and surgery were correlated.
Results:
In five patients biopsy findings were histopathologically confirmed following open surgery. one tubular carcinoma was missed; one invasive cancer was underestimated. seven patients with benign findings are still in the follow-up period.
Conclusion:
The study demonstrates the feasibility to perform breast biopsies inside the magnet of a whole-body mr scanner by using a manipulator system.