BIOPSY GUIDANCE BY IMAGE-BASED X-RAY GUIDANCE SYSTEM AND PHOTONIC NEEDLE
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1. A system for integrated guidance for positioning a biopsy device in a body, the system comprising:
- an imaging device (500) for coarse guidance, providing images of body structures,an analyze device (20) for fine guidance, comprising an optical element (220) and providing information discriminating tissue of the body, anda biopsy device (100, 200) being an elongate element with a tip portion,wherein the biopsy device (100, 200) is adapted to be visualized by the imaging device (500), andwherein the optical element (220) is in the tip portion of the biopsy device (100, 200).
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Abstract
A system for providing integrated guidance for positioning a needle in a body has two levels of guidance: a coarse guidance and a fine guidance. The system comprises a non-invasive imaging system for obtaining an image of the biopsy device in the body, for providing the coarse guidance. Furthermore, the system comprises an optical element mounted on the needle for obtaining optical information discriminating tissue in the body, for providing the fine guidance.
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1. A system for integrated guidance for positioning a biopsy device in a body, the system comprising:
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an imaging device (500) for coarse guidance, providing images of body structures, an analyze device (20) for fine guidance, comprising an optical element (220) and providing information discriminating tissue of the body, and a biopsy device (100, 200) being an elongate element with a tip portion, wherein the biopsy device (100, 200) is adapted to be visualized by the imaging device (500), and wherein the optical element (220) is in the tip portion of the biopsy device (100, 200). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A biopsy device (100, 200) comprising at least one of:
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a structure and material capable to be visualized by an imaging device (500), and an optical fiber (30, 40, 220) integrated in the biopsy device, capable of emitting and receiving of light, wherein an end of the optical fiber is located at a tip portion of the biopsy device. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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