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Image-guided needle biopsy

Illustration of a needle biopsy guided by an ultrasound probe

An image-guided needle biopsy may help your doctor guide the biopsy needle to a precise point in your body. Ultrasound or computerized tomography (CT) scan images may be used before or during a needle biopsy procedure.

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