it's Artemis is a prostate biopsy system
fundamentally I mean it's actual name is
called the Artemis MRI tres fusion
system and essentially what that refers
to is it's a way of by up saying the
prostate by using both MRI images and
the traditional ultrasound images those
images get fused together and put into a
computer which we can then load and get
a three-dimensional model out of we can
identify targets from the MRI and then
using a robot arm that is attached to
the biopsy instrument we can
specifically target areas within the
prostate with a high degree of accuracy
where this artemis has completely
revolutionized the diagnosis and the
follow-up of ammendment prostate cancer
is by having an MRI image you actually
can see areas of concern that you cannot
see by ultrasound you can specifically
target those areas you can go back to
those areas months or years later to
specifically see what's changing in that
area and so that's where there's a huge
difference and ultimately the thought is
that by having this technology one will
do fewer unnecessary biopsies we'll be
able to along the diagnostic pathway
more clearly identifying men who are
going to benefit from having a biopsy
because the MRI is now there's new image
modality that's going to help us with
that kind of decision-making and then
those men that who are gonna get the
biopsy these biopsies are more accurate
they're where we want them and hopefully
avoiding unnecessary sampling of areas
that have a low degree of suspicion and
again in the case of men who are on
active surveillance protocols for
prostate cancer we'll be able to go back
to the specific areas that had
previously shown some interest to us
perhaps it showed a little bit of
prostate cancer and go right back there
and find out whether anything has
changed and whether those
continue to safely stay on active
surveillance protocols or if things have
changed and we need to go on to
treatment we feel confident that we've
gotten that information out of the
system
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