Biopsy apparatus, phantom, spatial range measuring apparatus, and spatial range measuring method
AssigneeFUJIFILM Corporation
InventorTakeshi Kamiya
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Abstract
A biopsy apparatus includes a biopsy needle for insertion into an object to be examined in order to sample tissue of a biopsy region in the object, and a spatial range measuring section, which measures a spatial range within which the biopsy needle is capable of sampling the tissue of the biopsy region, based on an image of a phantom that simulates the object, which is captured after the biopsy needle has been inserted into the phantom and a portion of the phantom has been extracted.
Claims18
A biopsy apparatus comprising:
- a biopsy needle for insertion into an object to be examined in a living body thereby to sample tissue of a biopsy region in the object;
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- a spatial range measuring section, which measures a spatial range within which the biopsy needle is capable of sampling the tissue of the biopsy region, based on an image of a phantom that simulates the object, the image being captured after the biopsy needle has been inserted into the phantom and a portion of the phantom has been extracted.
A spatial range measuring apparatus comprising a spatial range measuring section for measuring a spatial range within which a biopsy needle is capable of sampling tissue of a biopsy region in an object to be examined in a living body, based on an image of a phantom that simulates the object, the image being captured after the biopsy needle has been inserted into the phantom and a portion of the phantom has been extracted.
A spatial range measuring method comprising:
- inserting a biopsy needle into a phantom that simulates an object to be examined in a living body, and extracting a portion of the phantom;
- acquiring an image of the phantom after the portion of the phantom has been extracted;
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- measuring a spatial range within which the biopsy needle is capable of sampling tissue of a biopsy region in the object, based on the image of the phantom.
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