title: New ultrasonic cystofiberscope for staging bladder tumors.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan. kazu0809@nms.ac.jp
authors.forename: Kazutaka
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Horiuchi
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Taiji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishimura
mesh_terms: 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*