Transperineal prostate biopsy is re-emerging after decades of being an underused
alternative to transrectal biopsy guided by transrectal ultrasonography (TRUS). Factors …

Approaches and techniques used for diagnostic prostate biopsy have undergone
considerable evolution over the past few decades: from the original finger-guided …

New equipment for transrectal ultrasonotomography has been developed. With this
equipment an excellent cross-section picture of various intrapelvic organs is easily obtained …

Background Historically, the prostate was evaluated for cancer by simple digital rectal
examination, and biopsy to obtain a tissue diagnosis of cancer was performed blindly. The …

Measurements of Size and Weight of Prostate by Means of Transrectal
Ultrasonotomography Department of Urology, Tohoku University Page 1 Tohoku J. exp. Med …

It is now universally recognized that many prostate cancers are over‐diagnosed and over‐
treated. The European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer from 2009 …

Purpose: We present a critical evaluation of the use of ultrasound for prostate disease
examination in urological practice, and provide perspectives on ultrasound applications that …

Transrectal prostatic ultrasound is a minimally invasive, painless investigation that provides
objective data on the topography of the prostate. Prostatitis is a condition difficult to diagnose …

The purpose of this study was to determine the accuracy of transabdominal ultrasound in
estimating the volume and weight of the canine prostate gland, to derive a simple formula …

It is unlikely that prostatic ultrasonography would have attracted more than a passing glance
from urologists if it could not have been adapted for the assessment of prostatic cancer …