Sperling Prostate Center

Tag: biopsy

Can PET/MRI for Breast Cancer Show the Way to Eliminate Prostate Biopsies?

Pet Scan Technique Provides Best Prostate Cancer Metastasis Information - Sperling Prostate Center
Advances in medicine sometimes involve hybrid technologies, often with stunning results. Just as hybrid cars produce vehicles that offer the best of two worlds in one, integrating two different medical imaging technologies can accomplish the same goal. PET and MRI scans Combining Positron Emitting Tomography (PET) scanning with Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) boosts the accuracy keep reading

MRI/Ultrasound Fusion May Come with a Pitfall Called Registration Error

MRI/Ultrasound Fusion May Come with a Pitfall Called Registration Error
I came across a study written by a team of German urology/radiology research team. The authors are all physicians, and their report compares three commercial MRI/ultrasound fusion technologies: BioJet (D&K Technologies), UroNav (Invivo Corp.) and Trinity (KOELIS).[i] Their comparison study occupies the intellectual space where technology and medicine meet, since fusion literally integrates the brainpower keep reading

3 Areas in which mpMRI Wins 1st Prize After Prostate Cancer Treatment

Prostate MRI vs Biopsy - Sperling Prostate Center
No one can dispute the superiority of multiparametric MRI (mpMRI) over transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) for detecting and characterizing prostate cancer (PCa) before biopsy and treatment. The past five years alone have seen a rapid accumulation of research evidence that mpMRI makes it possible to save medical dollars by avoiding unnecessary biopsies and their risks. While keep reading
WordPress Image Lightbox