Fusion Versus Cognitive MRI Targeted Prostatic Biopsy

combines the pictures from an MRI and an ultrasound to create a detailed 3-D image of the prostate. This procedure makes it easier to see an abnormal lesion of prostate in order to guide the biopsy needle into the abnormal lesion

the biopsy operator reviews the MR images and creates a mental three-dimensional representation of the prostate and of the lesion within it to take a biopsy from the lesion