Virtual Guidance of Percutaneous Transthoracic Needle Biopsy with C-Arm Cone-Beam CT: Diagnostic Accuracy, Risk Factors and Effective Radiation Dose.

Davide FiorFrancesco VacircaDavide LeniFabio PagniDavide IppolitoLuca RivaSandro SironiRocco Corso

Published in: Cardiovascular and interventional radiology (2019)

CBCT-CNB combined with virtual guidance is a reliable and accurate technique that allows exact localization of pulmonary lesions, effective preprocedural planning and real-time fluoroscopy altogether.

Keyphrases

ultrasound guided
cone beam
risk factors
image quality
fine needle aspiration
computed tomography
pulmonary hypertension
high resolution
dual energy
contrast enhanced
positron emission tomography
magnetic resonance imaging
cone beam computed tomography
pet ct