Core biopsy with curved needle technique

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 191, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1745-1750

  Singh, Ajay K ^a,b   Leeman, Joshua ^a   Shankar, Sridhar ^a   Ferrucci, Joseph T ^a  

^a UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsy gun; Core biopsy; CT guided biopsy; Curved needle biopsy; Fine needle aspiration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; ECHOGRAPHY; NEEDLE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; NEOPLASMS; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 57149087548     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.1165     Document Type: Article

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