Prostate volume estimation using the ellipsoid formula consistently underestimates actual gland size

Journal of Urology

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 501-503

  Rodriguez Jr , Esequiel ^a   Skarecky, Douglas ^a   Narula, Navneet ^a   Ahlering, Thomas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Prostate; Statistics; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

AMERICAN UROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION SYMPTOM INDEX; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; ELECTRONIC SPREADSHEET; GLEASON SCORE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN WEIGHT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ALGORITHM; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSTATE TUMOR; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 38849168356     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2007.09.083     Document Type: Article

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