Value of ultrasound elastography in the diagnosis and management of prostate carcinoma

Medical Ultrasonography

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-53

  Dudea, Sorin M ^a   Giurgiu, Cǎlin R ^b   Dumitriu, Dana ^a   Chiorean, Angelica ^a   Ciurea, Anca ^a   Botar Jid, Carolina ^a   Coman, Ioan ^b  

^a IULIU HATIEGANU UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b Clinical Municipal Hospital   (Romania)

Author keywords

Elastography; Prostate cancer; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELASTOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GLEASON SCORE; GUIDED IMAGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SONOELASTOGRAPHY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79952483744     PISSN: 18444172     EISSN: 20668643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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