New ultrasonic cystofiberscope for staging bladder tumors.
We report on a new ultrasonic cystofiberscope for staging bladder tumors. The endoscope makes it possible to view endoscopic and ultrasound images of bladder tumors at any location, either alternately in full screen or simultaneously on the same monitor, with higher resolution. The cystofiberscope is useful for assessing the depth of bladder tumor invasion accurately.
Horiuchi
Kazutaka
K
Department of Urology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan. kazu0809@nms.ac.jp
Shimizu
Hiroyuki
H
Yoshida
Kazuhiro
K
Nishimura
Taiji
T
D020684:Cystoscopes; D019160:Endosonography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D006801:Humans; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000295:instrumentation*; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*