Contemporary Interventional Ultrasonography in Urology

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Historical Background....Pages 1-6
Laparoscopic Ultrasonography....Pages 7-15
Ultrasound-Guided Prostate Cryosurgery: State of the Art....Pages 17-24
Recent Advance in TRUS-Guided Prostate Brachytherapy....Pages 25-40
IntraOperative Real-Time Transrectal Ultrasound Monitoring During Energy-Free Nerve-Sparing Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy....Pages 41-47
Contemporary TRUS-Guided Prostate Biopsy for Screening and Staging....Pages 49-62
The Use of High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound in Prostate Cancer....Pages 63-74
Harmonic Scalpel....Pages 75-81
Intravascular Ultrasound....Pages 83-93
Ultrasound Application for Penile Disorders: Color Doppler Ultrasound Hemodynamic Evaluation for Erectile Dysfunction and Priapism....Pages 95-101
The Physics of Ultrasound and Some Recent Techniques Used....Pages 103-112
Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound for the Prostate....Pages 113-121
Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound of the Kidneys....Pages 123-129
The Integration of Computed Topography Imaging in Ultrasound Diagnosis: Real-Time Virtual Sonography....Pages 131-135
Elastography....Pages 137-141
Ultrasonic Tissue Characterization....Pages 143-177
Augmented Reality for Computer-Assisted Image-Guided Minimally Invasive Urology....Pages 179-184
Robotic Percutaneous Interventions....Pages 185-190
Back Matter....Pages 191-195