Prostate cancer diagnosis: value of real-time elastography
| Autor: | Germar M. Pinggera, Ferdinand Frauscher, Peter Struve, Georg Bartsch, Eva Pallwein, Leo Pallwein, Ralph Faschingbauer, Georg Schaefer, F. Aigner |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Male
Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Urology Sonoelastography urologic and male genital diseases Time Prostate cancer Imaging Three-Dimensional Biopsy Humans Medicine Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Ultrasonography Doppler Color Real time elastography Radiological and Ultrasound Technology medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Ultrasound Prostate Gastroenterology Prostatic Neoplasms Cancer Magnetic resonance imaging General Medicine medicine.disease Magnetic Resonance Imaging Elasticity Imaging Techniques Elastography Radiology business |
| Zdroj: | Abdominal Imaging. 33:729-735 |
| ISSN: | 1432-0509 0942-8925 |
| Popis: | It is well known that prostate cancer (PCa) has a higher cell density than the surrounding normal tissue. This increased cell density leads to an alteration in tissue elasticity, which can be measured and displayed by sonographic-based elastography under real-time conditions. Real-time sonoelastography (RTE) has been proven capable to visualize PCa areas as "hard" lesions and therefore can be used for PCa detection and for targeted ultrasound-guided biopsy. Further applications such as the assessment of local extent of PCa should be considered. This overview describes the capabilities, advantages, and limitations of this new ultrasound technique for PCa diagnosis. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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