Soft Tissue Application - Guided Needle Biopsy and NDI Technology
Guided Needle Biopsy Challenges
Fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) is a valuable procedure used in the diagnosis of disease in superficial and readily accessible lesions (for example, skin and breast). With organ imaging techniques, deeply situated lesions can also be sampled using FNAB. Due to the flexibility of needles used in FNAB applications, it is difficult to ensure that the appropriate tissue is sampled during this procedure and false negative results are possible.
Product Integration
Integrating the Aurora® Electromagnetic Measurement System into guided needle biopsies would improve these procedures by tracking the exact location and position of the flexible biopsy needles located in vivo, during the procedure. By knowing the exact location of the needle during these procedures, clinicians performing guided needle biopsies can more accurately target the biopsy location, allowing navigation around critical structures, and decreasing the chance of false negative results.
Benefits of Integration
Key benefits of integrating the Aurora Electromagnetic System into guided needle biopsy applications, include:
- Small 5DOF sensor coils can be embedded in the distal end of biopsy needles, eliminating needle deflection concerns
- Millimetric accuracy achieved
- Low-cost sensor coils
