METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PLANNING AND PERFORMING A BIOPSY

The present invention relates to a method for planning an ultrasound guided biopsy of at least one region of interest in an organ comprising the steps of: a) obtaining backscattered 2D or 3D ultrasound data of a region of the organ, b) identifying one or more regions of interest in said three-dimensional volume using a first processor configured to analyze said 2D or 3D volume data, c) selecting in said first processor the characteristics of at least one ultrasound transducer suitable for the guidance of the biopsy comprising a biopsy needle, d) registering the transducer's characteristics selected in step (c) with the identified region of interest of step (b) using said processor, e) generating at least one biopsy scan plane image using the results of the registering step (d); and f) indicating on said simulated scan plane image the identified region of interest and at least one simulated needle trajectory. The present invention also relates to a method for performing ultrasound guided biopsy.