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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Urol Clin North Am. 2014 May;41(2):315–326. doi: 10.1016/j.ucl.2014.01.007

Table 2.

MRI/ultrasound fusion devices approved by US Food and Drug Administration

Manufacturer/ trade
name		 Us image
acquisition		 Biopsy
route		 Tracking
mechanism		 Year of
FDA
Approval		 Comments
Philips /UroNav Manual US
sweep from
base to
apex		 Transrectal External
magnetic
field
generator		 2005 Prospective targeting,
integrated with existing
ultrasound device,
freehand manipulation
Eigen/Artemis Manual
rotation
along fixed
axis		 Transrectal Mechanical
arm with
encoders		 2008 Prospective targeting,
stabilized TRUS probe
Koelis/Urostation Automatic
US probe
rotation,		 Transrectal Real-time
TRUS-
TRUS
registration		 2010 Retrospective targeting,
real-time elastic
registration
Hitachi/HI-RVS (real-
time virtual
sonography) 		Real-time
biplanar
TRUS		 Transrectal
or
transperineal		 External
magnetic
field
generator		 2010 Prospective targeting,
integrated with existing
ultrasound device
BioJet/Jetsoft/GeoScan Manual US
sweep in
sagittal		 Transrectal
or
transperineal		 Mechanical
arm with
encoders;
uses
stepper		 2012 Prospective targeting,
rigid registration

From Marks L, Young S, Natarajan S. MRI-ultrasound fusion for guidance of targeted prostate biopsy. Curr Opin Urol. Jan 2013;23(1):43-50; with permission.