During that procedure, doctors use a long needle to extract roughly a dozen samples from the prostate while looking at the gland on an ultrasound ... to the systematic biopsy in men flagged ...

A prostate biopsy is a procedure that ... done alongside imaging like transrectal ultrasound (TRUS), a type of imaging that helps guide the needle from the rectum into the prostate.

All repeat biopsies used a transrectal ultrasound-guided 12-core protocol, in which six biopsy cores were obtained from the periphery of the prostate (directed bilaterally at the base, mid-zone ...

Geometric evaluation of systematic transrectal ultrasound guided prostate biopsy. J Urol 2012; 188(6): 2404–2209. 5. Kaye DR, Stoianovici D and Han M. Robotic ultrasound and needle guidance for ...

Group A consisted of patients who had real-time guided-ultrasound biopsy performed by radiologists (241 patients; M/F, 35/106; median age 48 year [range, 17-76]; needle 18 G). Group B patients ...

Endoscopic ultrasound-guided liver biopsy ... focused on comparing EUS-LB with other biopsy techniques, evaluating the effectiveness of different needle types, and assessing the overall safety ...