Navi-Ball: A new guidance device for CT-directed punctures

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 299-302

  Meyer, Julius M A ^a   Schmitz Rode, Thomas ^a   Krombach, Gabriele ^a   Wildberger, Joachim E ^a   Pfeffer, Jochem ^a   Günther, Rolf W ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biopsy, instrumentation; Computed tomography, instrumentation; Computed tomography, interventional; Computed tomography, techniques

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0035020984     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004424-200105000-00008     Document Type: Article

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