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Prostate imaging

  • US 8,521,253 B2
  • Filed: 10/29/2007
  • Issued: 08/27/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device for assisting in registering prostate images, the device comprising:

  • an elongate element suitable to follow configuration of a urethra and having a diameter and length allowing insertion into and passing through said urethra to a position near the prostate, said elongate element comprising;

    i) at least one marker readable by an ultrasound probe, andii) at least one marker readable by a gamma camera;

    wherein said markers and same portions of said elongate element imaged in ultrasound and gamma camera images of the prostate are configured to be aligned in an image registration process.

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