Percutaneous pulmonary biopsy with real-time CT fluoroscopy

Description: New fluoroscopic CT procedures allow radiologists to better guide tissue biopsy and allows the guidance of minimally invasive surgery or micro-therapy. Conventional CT can only acquires one image at a time, like a pocket camera or simple radiograph. Fluoro CT is more like a video camera (or x-ray fluoroscope) and allows acquisition and immediate display of up to 9 images per second. Thus Fluoro CT allows the physician to continuously monitor the trajectory of the needle or surgical instrument ...