Ultraschall Med 2005; 26 - P066
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-917566

TRANSRECTAL ULTRASOUND (TRUS) OF PROSTATE CANCER (PRCA): A MULTIMEDIA DVD ROM-BASED EDUCATIONAL TOOL AND DATABASE: SONOGRAPHIC–PATHOLOGIC CORRELATION

PS Zoumpoulis 1, D Alexopoulos 1, I Mastorakou 1, K Pahos 1, S Prapavesis 1, P Karavitis 1, A Filippidou 1
  • 1Echonet the Ultrasound Network, Hellenic Society for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Athens, Greece

Purpose:

  • To demonstrate the role of TRUS in diagnosing prostate lesions.

  • To present TRUS prostate echoanatomy, semiology and haemodynamics of PrCa.

  • To reach a sonographic diagnosis using algorithms.

  • To provide comparison of an US image with images of the database.

Methods and Materials: This medical e-book is a multimedia DVD-Rom based teaching file featuring 2500 US prostate images, 150 US video demonstrations, 400 video cases presenting clinical data and detailed description of TRUS techniques; chapters on prostate anatomy, TRUS technique for the detection and staging of PrCa (based on over 10,000 cases), Color Doppler, the technique of US-guided biopsies. The proper TRUS technique is demonstrated step by step.

Its educational role is based on Video Cases and double video presentations. The latter consist of a simultaneous presentation of the real time ultrasound exam and the examiner's technique.

A database is included aiding the user to reach the correct diagnosis and to compare his sonographic image to histologically proven images of the database.

Results: Since TRUS is the most efficient way to detect Prostate Cancer (PrCa)of this e-book aims to teach the TRUS procedure in detection and staging of PrCa and correlate it with the histological findings emphasizing the use and effectiveness of USCA and local anesthesia prior to biopsy sampling.

Conclusions: User-friendly DVD-Rom based teaching file on the Prostate with chapters on Anatomy, Pathology, Ultrasound Physics, Sonographic Appearance of the Normal Prostate, TRUS Morphology, Detection and Staging of PrCa, Local Anesthesia, USCA and Comparative Database.