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Real‐time Sonography With Electromagnetic Tracking Navigation for Biopsy of a Hepatic Neoplasm Seen Only on Arterial Phase Computed Tomography
Author(s) -
Buckner Carey A.,
Venkatesan Aradhana,
Locklin Julia K.,
Wood Bradford J.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1550-9613
pISSN - 0278-4297
DOI - 10.7863/jum.2011.30.2.253
Subject(s) - medicine , radiology , computed tomographic , magnetic resonance imaging , tomography , positron emission tomography , computed tomography , biopsy , nuclear medicine
This case illustrates the ability of electromagnetic tracking navigation to localize difficult targets in real time during biopsy or ablation of lesions that are only transiently apparent on arterial phase computed tomography and may be unapparent on sonography. Readily available technology enabling multimodality registration to sonography allows for the use of positron emission tomographic, magnetic resonance imaging, and computed tomographic information during sonographically guided procedures and examinations.