title: [Ultrasound contrast agents and prostate cancer].
abstract: Prostatic carcinoma is the most frequent malignant disease in men and associated with very high mortality. The diagnostic work-up of prostatic carcinoma is based on tests to determine the level of prostate-specific antigen (PSA), digital rectal examination, and transrectal sonography. Due to diagnostic limitations, ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy is the method of choice for diagnosis of prostatic carcinoma. New imaging technologies allow detection of prostatic carcinoma, thus facilitating removal of specific biopsy specimens from these regions. Introduction of ultrasound contrast agents ("echo signal enhancers") significantly increased the diagnostic potential of this method, making it possible to visualize tumor vascularization.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Radiodiagnostik II, Medizinische Universität Innsbruck. ferdinand.frauscher@uibk.ac.at
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Frauscher
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pallwein
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Klauser
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Berger
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Koppelstaetter
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gradl
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schurich
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bektic
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Pinggera
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Halpern
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Horninger
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bartsch
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: zur Nedden
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods; D003287:Contrast Media; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D045423:Microbubbles; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media