MRI-guided vacuum-assisted breast biopsy with a handheld portable biopsy system

Sujata V Ghate; Eric L Rosen; Mary Scott C Soo; Jay A Baker

doi:10.2214/AJR.05.0551

MRI-guided vacuum-assisted breast biopsy with a handheld portable biopsy system

AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2006 Jun;186(6):1733-6. doi: 10.2214/AJR.05.0551.

Authors

Sujata V Ghate¹, Eric L Rosen, Mary Scott C Soo, Jay A Baker

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, Breast Imaging, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3808, Duke South Hospital, Durham, NC 27710, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 16714667
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.05.0551

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate a compact portable 10-gauge handheld battery-operated vacuum-assisted biopsy system for MRI-guided breast biopsy.

Conclusion: The compact portable battery-operated biopsy system can be used successfully for MRI-guided core breast biopsy and is an alternative to current systems.

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Biopsy / instrumentation*
Biopsy / methods*
Breast / pathology*
Equipment Design
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
Middle Aged
Retrospective Studies
Vacuum