Magnetic Resonance Image-Guided Biopsies with a High Detection Rate of Prostate Cancer

Figure 1

Prostate biopsy in a 1.5-T MRI system. (a) MR-image of a prostate gland with tumor-suspected area. (b) Prostate gland with needle guidance being positioned towards the tumor-suspected area. (c) Biopsy needle in the tumor-suspected area. In every image, the tumor-suspected area is marked by an arrow.

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