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Fig. 2

From: Image-guided breast biopsy and localisation: recommendations for information to women and referring physicians by the European Society of Breast Imaging

Fig. 2

Mammography-guided (stereotactic) vacuum-assisted biopsy. The patient is in prone position lying on the table over the field of view of the image, with the breast pendent by gravity (she does not see the procedure). After local anaesthesia, the needle is guided to the lesion by the computer on the basis of specifically acquired mammographic images

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