Ultrasound-based techniques of targeted prostate biopsy


DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18565/urology.2021.5.105-110

D.Yu. Chernysheva, S.V. Popov, I.N. Orlov, S.M. Malevich, V.A. Neradovskiy

1) St. Luke’s Clinical Hospital, Saint-Petersburg, Russia; 2) Saint-Petersburg State University, Medical Faculty, Saint-Petersburg, Russia; 3) Military Medical Academy named after S.M. Kirova, Saint-Petersburg, Russia; 4) North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
The article is devoted to the multiparametric ultrasound techniques for prostate biopsy targeting. This literature review illustrates the variety of ultrasound-based targeting procedures and presents data concerning the diagnostic value of each. A special attention is given to every targeted technique limitations and the opportunity for the MTI-fusion.
Keywords: prostate cancer, prostate biopsy, targeted biopsy, elastography, multiparametric ultrasound

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Corresponding author: D.Yu. Chernysheva – Cand. Med.sci., urologist at the St. Luke’s Clinical Hospital, assistant lecturer of hospital surgery department, Medical Faculty of SPBU, Saint-Petersburg, Russia. e-mail: daria.chern@gmail.com


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