Application of a single needle type for all image-guided biopsies: Results of 100 consecutive core biopsies in various organs using a novel tri-axial, end-cut needle

Cancer Imaging

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-50

  Diederich, S ^a   Padge, B ^a   Vossas, U ^a   Hak, R ^b   Eidt, S ^b  

^a MARIEN HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^b St Elisabeth Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Core biopsy; CT fluoroscopy; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; NEOPLASMS; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 33745962632     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14707330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1102/1470-7330.2006.0008     Document Type: Article

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