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January 1, 2025
Ultrasound imaging is a valuable tool for providing image guidance during prostate procedures. In addition to conventional grayscale B-mode ultrasound, many ultrasound-based techniques have been developed for prostate applications. This chapter provides an ...
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January 1, 2015
Conventional B-mode transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) generates images of the acoustic properties of tissues (density and sound speed). TRUS is used extensively to aid in visualizing the prostate gland and needle during biopsy. However, TRUS has limited sensit ...
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January 1, 2015
8.1 Introduction Since ancient Egyptian medicine, manual palpation has been used to detect the size, location, and stiffness of superficial structures within the body [1]. By assessing the elasticity (i.e., stiffness) of structures compared with surroundin ...
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January 1, 2014
Conventional B-mode transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) is used extensively to aid in visualizing the prostate gland and needle during biopsy. However, TRUS has limited sensitivity and specificity for prostate cancer detection (Nelson et al. 2007; Correas et al. ...
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