Contemporary Interventional Ultrasonography in Urology

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ukimura, Osamu (Editor), Gill, Inderbir S. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2009.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiology.; Surgery.; Minimally invasive surgery.; Urology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Ultrasound.; Imaging / Radiology.; Minimally Invasive Surgery.

Contemporary Interventional Ultrasonography in Urology is a comprehensive resource for all practicising urology clinicans, as well as trainees wanting to learn the current state-of-the-art. This book offers detailed, all-inclusive reviews of every useful topic, while also significantly showing how t...

Table of Contents:

• Historical Background
• Laparoscopic Ultrasonography
• Ultrasound-Guided Prostate Cryosurgery: State of the Art
• Recent Advance in TRUS-Guided Prostate Brachytherapy
• IntraOperative Real-Time Transrectal Ultrasound Monitoring During Energy-Free Nerve-Sparing Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy
• Contemporary TRUS-Guided Prostate Biopsy for Screening and Staging
• The Use of High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound in Prostate Cancer
• Harmonic Scalpel
• Intravascular Ultrasound
• Ultrasound Application for Penile Disorders: Color Doppler Ultrasound Hemodynamic Evaluation for Erectile Dysfunction and Priapism
• The Physics of Ultrasound and Some Recent Techniques Used
• Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound for the Prostate
• Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound of the Kidneys
• The Integration of Computed Topography Imaging in Ultrasound Diagnosis: Real-Time Virtual Sonography
• Elastography
• Ultrasonic Tissue Characterization
• Augmented Reality for Computer-Assisted Image-Guided Minimally Invasive Urology
• Robotic Percutaneous Interventions.