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Table 2 Coordinate displacements and their magnitudes of prostate lesions with respect to nodes after applying TRUS pressure at rectum wall

From: Biomechanical modelling of the pelvic system: improving the accuracy of the location of neoplasms in MRI-TRUS fusion prostate biopsy

Node

Location in prostate

Displacements (mm)

DX

DY

DZ

Magnitude

N1

PZpm, mid level

0.94

−12.91

5.16

13.93

N2

TZp, mid level

−0.66

−7.84

2.52

8.26

N3

PZpl, mid level

3.37

−4.56

1.70

5.20

N4

PZpm, apex level

0.68

−6.56

1.56

6.78

N5

AFS, mid level

0.34

−5.53

0.94

5.61

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BMC Cancer

ISSN: 1471-2407

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