An evaluation of the function of new special equipment for transrectal ultrasonotomography.
A new type of equipment for transrectal ultrasonotomography was described in a previous paper. This equipment was evaluated from the data obtained from 205 cases in which examinations were performed. Tomograms were successfully recorded in 94% of cases. Tomograms sufficiently useful for diagnosis and the measurement of organs were obtained in 89% of cases for the prostate, 78% for the urinary bladder, and 80% for the seminal vesicles. No basic problems in the procedure were found, although hypotension of unknown origin was observed during the examination in a few cases.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011469:Prostatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D012007:Rectum; D014054:Tomography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014159:Transducers; D014465:Ultrasonics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014463:Ultrasonography