Ultrasonography of the prostate
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1. A method for diagnosing prostate disease in a subject which comprises:
- intravascularly administering an ultrasound contrast agent to said subject, ultrasonically determining flow and/or volume kinetic data in respect of contrast agent-containing blood flowing into and traversing at least a part of the prostate gland of said subject, and analysing said kinetic data to identifying disease-induced changes in vascularity within the prostate gland.
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Abstract
Prostate abnormalities such as cancer may be detected by ultrasonic determination of the in-flow kinetics of contrast agent-containing blood in the prostate and/or by observation of disease-related asymmetries in the spoke-like vascular pattern of the prostate.
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1. A method for diagnosing prostate disease in a subject which comprises:
intravascularly administering an ultrasound contrast agent to said subject, ultrasonically determining flow and/or volume kinetic data in respect of contrast agent-containing blood flowing into and traversing at least a part of the prostate gland of said subject, and analysing said kinetic data to identifying disease-induced changes in vascularity within the prostate gland. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for diagnosing prostate disease in a subject which comprises administering an ultrasound contrast agent to the vascular system of said subject, ultrasonically imaging at least a part of the prostate gland of said subject and analysing the ultrasound image data so obtained for disease-related asymmetries in the spoke-like vascular pattern of the prostate.
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