[Imaging of the prostate: ultrasonography contrast media].
This article describes the main characteristics of ultrasound contrast media, their pharmacodynamic properties and their effect on various ultrasound imaging techniques. Contrast-enhanced TRUS is useful for improving the detection of prostatic cancer.
Barone
Domenico
D
Unità Operativa di Radiologia Diagnostica e Interventistica, Ospedale G. B. Morgagni, L. Pierantoni, Forlì. d.barone@katamail.com
Bonadonna
Gaetano
G
Bondi
Paola
P
Golfieri
Rita
R
D003287:Contrast Media; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014463:Ultrasonography
D003287:Contrast Media