Open AccessQuantitative colour Doppler and greyscale ultrasound for evaluating prostate cancer
Author(s) -
Khalid Ashi,
Brooke Kirkham,
Anil Chauhan,
Susan M. Schultz,
Bonnie J Brake,
Chandra M. Sehgal
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.529
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1743-1344
pISSN - 1742-271X
DOI - 10.1177/1742271x20952825
Subject(s) - medicine , echogenicity , ultrasound , prostate cancer , vascularity , radiology , prostate , blood flow , doppler effect , pathology , cancer , nuclear medicine , physics , astronomy
Although transrectal ultrasound is routinely performed for imaging prostate lesions, colour Doppler imaging visualizing vascularity is not commonly used for diagnosis. The goal of this study was to measure vascular and echogenic differences between malignant and benign lesions of the prostate by quantitative colour Doppler and greyscale transrectal ultrasound.