Validation of Software-based Fusion of Ultrasound and MRI Images of the Prostate

Mass General Brigham

Status: Completed

Conditions: Prostate Cancer

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT02882958

2015P001681

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators hypothesize software-based fusion/navigation will be accurate to within 3 mm of the reference standard of EM fusion. The investigators aim to evaluate the accuracy of prostate US/MRI software-based fusion/navigation technology.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• scheduled for ultrasound-guided gold seeds prostate fiducial placement prior to radiotherapy

Exclusion criteria

• eGFR < 45 mL/min/1.73m2
• recent (within 4 weeks) kidney or liver transplant
• contraindication to prostate MRI
• patient with cardiac pacemaker