Application of Multiple Ultrasonic Techniques in the Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer

Yushan Liu; Shi Zeng; Ran Xu

doi:10.3389/fonc.2022.905087

Application of Multiple Ultrasonic Techniques in the Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer

Front Oncol. 2022 Jun 27:12:905087. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2022.905087. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Yushan Liu¹, Shi Zeng¹, Ran Xu²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Ultrasound, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China.
² Department of Urology, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China.

Abstract

Methods for diagnosing prostate cancer (PCa) are developing in the direction of imaging. Advanced ultrasound examination modes include micro-Doppler, computerized-transrectal ultrasound, elastography, contrast-enhanced ultrasound and microultrasound. When two or more of these modes are used in PCa diagnosis, the combined technique is called multiparameter ultrasound (mp-US). Mp-US provides complementary information to multiparameter magnetic resonance imaging (mp-MRI) for diagnosing PCa. At present, no study has attempted to combine the characteristics of different ultrasound modes with advanced classification systems similar to the PIRADS system in mpMRI for the diagnosis of PCa. As an imaging method, mp-US has great potential in the diagnosis of PCa.

Keywords: contrast - enhanced ultrasound; elastography; multiparameter ultrasound; prostate cancer; ultrasound molecular imaging.

Publication types

Review