SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY OF THE BREAST USING THREE-DIMENSIONAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY

摘要

-18-The invention is a system and method for performing percutaneous medicalprocedures that utilizes an ultrasonographic imaging means that is a three-dimensionalsystem with two dimensional imaging capabilities. The system and methodprovidequicker and greater accuracy for diagnosis and assessment of treatment forbreastdiseases than conventional methods.