Prostate Ultrasound

Christopher R. Porter, MD, FACS is the Medical Director of Clinical Research and Co-Director of Urologic Oncology at Virginia Mason Medical Center. He trained at Memorial Sloan-Kettering and is certified by the American Board of Urology. He specializes in testicular cancer, prostate cancer, surgery, bladder cancer, robotic surgery, and minimally invasive surgery. Erika M. Wolff, Ph.D., is the medical writer for the Section of Urology and Renal Transplantation at Virginia Mason in Seattle, WA. She received her B.S. in biology from Harvey Mudd College and earned her doctorate in biochemistry and molecular biology from the Department of Urology at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California.

Introduction.- History of Prostate Ultrasound.- Applied Anatomy of the Male Pelvis.- Basic Physics of Diagnostic Ultrasound.- Advanced Prostate Imaging: Correlating Prostate Anatomy with MRI and MRI/Ultrasound Fusion.- Prostate Ultrasound Artifacts and How to Fix Them.- Male Infertility And Prostate Ultrasound.- Application of Prostate Ultrasound for Benign Prostate Hyperplasia and Male Urinary Stress Incontinence.- Application of Prostate Ultrasound for Prostate Biopsy.- Prostate Ultrasound Complications and Patient Safety.- Imaging the Prostate with Quantitative Ultrasound: Implications for Guiding Biopsies, Targeting Focal Treatment, and Monitoring Therapy.- Prostate Elastography.