CT-Guided Renal Ablation
Fig. 15.1 Patient on standard CT gantry, under general anesthesia lying prone on chest rolls with arms tucked. Note limited working space even in thin patients such as this (Arrow…
Molecular Imaging in Urology
Technique Resolutiona Depth Timeb Quantitativec Multichannel Imaging agents Target Costd Main small animal use Clinical use MRI 10–100 μm No limit Minutes to hours Yes No Paramagnetic chelates, magnetic particles…
Intraoperative Doppler Ultrasound During Robotic Surgery
Fig. 9.1 Flexible laparoscopic ultrasound probe (From Hitachi-Aloka, Wallingford, CT) Recently, a robotic transducer, the ProART (BK Medical Herlev, Denmark), with Doppler capability was developed. It has a unique fin…
Optical Coherence Tomography in Bladder Cancer
Fig. 3.1 Schematic overview displaying time-domain, low-coherence interferometry which can measure echo time delays of light. (a) A Michelson-type interferometer is equipped with a sample and reference arm. Light which…
Endoscopic Fluorescence Imaging of Bladder Cancer: Photodynamic Diagnosis and Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy
Fig. 1.1 Endoscopic fluorescence imaging systems for bladder cancer. (a) Photodynamic diagnosis (PDD) composed of a blue-light source, specialized camera head and lens, and hexaminolevulinate as the contrast agent. (b)…
Optical Coherence Tomography for Prostate Cancer and Beyond
Imaging modality Objects visualized, scale and resolution Detail of objects visualized Energy source CT and MRI Whole organs Bone, organs, fat, air (gross level) X-ray (for CT) or radiofrequency EM…
MR-Guided Prostate Interventions
© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015Joseph C. Liao and Li-Ming Su (eds.)Advances in Image-Guided Urologic Surgery10.1007/978-1-4939-1450-0_14 14. MR-Guided Prostate Interventions Ashley E. Ross1 , Dan Stoianovici2 and Mohamad E. Allaf3 (1) Departments of Urology, Oncology, Pathology, Johns Hopkins Brady Urological…
TRUS of the Prostate: State of the Art
Key point 1: role of real-time TRUS has changed Role of real-time TRUS has already changed from being a simple diagnostic tool to becoming a comprehensive image guidance system, including…
Hyperspectral Imaging of Renal Oxygenation (Near-Infrared Tissue Oximetry for Renal Ischemia)
Fig. 7.1 The ViOptix (tissue oximetry) silicone surround sensor Fig. 7.2 Digital display of the ViOptix sensor The ViOptix Tissue Oximeter (T.Ox™) [(ViOptix Inc., Fremont, CA)] utilizes near-infrared spectroscopy to…
Light Reflectance Spectroscopy and Autofluorescence (Kidney and Prostate)
© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015Joseph C. Liao and Li-Ming Su (eds.)Advances in Image-Guided Urologic Surgery10.1007/978-1-4939-1450-0_8 8. Light Reflectance Spectroscopy and Autofluorescence (Kidney and Prostate) Ephrem O. Olweny1 and Jeffrey A. Cadeddu2 (1) Department of Urology, University of…
