The TargetScan Touch® Transrectal Ultrasound System images the prostate. From the image, the system can construct a biopsy or treatment plan displayed as an overlay, or target, on the ultrasound image. In conjunction with the planned locations, accessory mechanical guides are used to position biopsy and treatment devices.
A stationary or mobile (e.g., on wheels) assembly of devices designed to collect, display, and analyse ultrasound images during a variety of extracorporeal and/or intracorporeal (endosonography or endoscopic) ultrasound imaging procedures (e.g., cardiac, OB/GYN, endoscopy, breast, prostate, vascular, and intra-surgical imaging). It consists of a mains (AC-powered) data processing unit with integrated software and a monitor. It is typically presented as a mobile assembly which may support a wide variety of transducers and related application software packages; an ultrasound transducer(s) may be included.