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Figure 3b. Effect of needle placement during core needle biopsy. Drawings illustrate how a skin entry site close to the center of the breast (a) makes the biopsy needle angled, resulting in poor needle visualization, whereas inserting the needle at the periphery of the breast (b) allows the needle to be oriented parallel to the chest wall and perpendicular to the ultrasound beam.
