Real-time virtual sonography for prone-position breast MRI: technical feasibility and accuracy in locating 125 breast lesions
Leonhard Gruber, Michael Swoboda, Johannes Deeg, Birgit Amort, Silke Haushammer, Daniel Egle, Claudia Iannetti, Valentin K Ladenhauf, Malik Galijasevic, Pietro Lacaita, Martin Daniaux, Benjamin Henninger, Elke R Gizewski · 2026
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Leonhard Gruber and a large team test a tool that helps doctors find breast lesions seen on MRI, in a 2026 paper. The tool, called real-time virtual sonography, blends live ultrasound with earlier MRI images so a spot found on the scan can be located for a needle biopsy. Patients lie face down for the MRI but face up for ultrasound, which makes matching the two views hard. The usual fix is an extra MRI scan in the second position.
The study covered one hundred three women with one hundred twenty-five lesions. The tool located about ninety-one percent of them without the extra scan. Biopsies followed in over half the cases, and about a third of those proved cancerous. Larger breast volume was the main factor that made matching harder.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Leonhard Gruber, Michael Swoboda, Johannes Deeg, Birgit Amort, Silke Haushammer, Daniel Egle, Claudia Iannetti, Valentin K Ladenhauf, Malik Galijasevic, Pietro Lacaita, Martin Daniaux, Benjamin Henninger, Elke R Gizewski |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 36 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |