Real-time fluoroscopic needle guidance in the interventional radiology suite using navigational software for percutaneous bone biopsies in children.

Sphoorti ShellikeriRandolph M SetserTiffany J HwangAbhay SrinivasanGanesh KrishnamurthySeth VatskyErin GirardXiaowei ZhuMarc S KellerAnne Marie Cahill

Published in: Pediatric radiology (2017)

In our experience, navigational software technology in the IR suite is a promising alternative to CT guidance for pediatric bone biopsies providing comparable technical success and diagnostic accuracy with lower radiation dose and procedure time, in addition to providing real-time fluoroscopic needle guidance.

Keyphrases

ultrasound guided
bone mineral density
minimally invasive
computed tomography
soft tissue
artificial intelligence
bone loss
data analysis
bone regeneration
magnetic resonance imaging
image quality
contrast enhanced
magnetic resonance
machine learning