APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING A BIOPSY ON A PATIENTS BREAST AND COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR DEFINING A ROUTE FOR A BIOPSY NEEDLE THROUGH A PATIENTS BREAST
An apparatus for carrying out at least one biopsy examination on the breast of a patient, comprises: an analysis head (5) provided with at least one radiation detection device (2) configured to detect X-rays on a detection plane, and at least one source (4) of X-rays to emit a corresponding beam of X-rays towards the detector (2), the source (4) and the detection device (2) being mobile with respect to each other so that they can be placed in a plurality of different working acquisition positions a breast support surface (11) a support base (10) and a biopsy probe (6) which can be fixed to the support base (10) and which is equipped with a needle (9) for the extraction of a sample of breast tissue and with a housing (21) for the needle (9), this housing (21) being rotatably mounted on the support base (10) to allow modification of the angle of the needle (9) with respect to the breast support surface (11) a computerized unit (7), connected to the detector (2) and configured to produce at least one reconstructed image (I) of a cross-section of the breast.
