Doppler quantitative measures by region to discriminate prostate cancer

Ultrasound Med Biol. 2001 Oct;27(10):1305-10. doi: 10.1016/s0301-5629(01)00458-6.

Abstract

This study was conducted to assess if sonographic discrimination between healthy and cancerous prostate tissue might be improved using regional analysis of ultrasound (US) Doppler measures. A total of 39 subjects underwent 3-D Doppler sonography before radical prostatectomy. Cancer locations were identified from hematoxylin and eosin (H&E)-stained slides. Three prostate data volumes consisting of a frequency shift and power-mode Doppler US and whole mount histology images were spatially registered for each prostate, then divided into entirely 1 mL-sized regions of cancerous or noncancerous tissue. Each prostate was visually divided into a peripheral and a periurethral region within which US Doppler measures were calculated. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) and simulated biopsy analyses within each prostate were performed. Mean speed in colored pixels (V), and speed-weighted pixel density (SWD) are good discriminators for prostate cancer in the periurethral and the peripheral regions, respectively. Using SWD in a simulated biopsy yields increased cancer detection in the peripheral region.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Humans
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prostate / blood supply
  • Prostate / diagnostic imaging*
  • Prostate / pathology
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / pathology
  • ROC Curve
  • Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color