| APPLICATION
OF IMAGE PROCESSING AND COMPARISON OF 3 DIMENSIONAL (3-D)
TRANSRECTAL ULTRASOUND (TRUS) AND ENHANCED MAGNETIC RESONANCE
IMAGING (E-MRI) IN STAGING CLINICALLY CONFINED PROSTATE
CANCER
Mr Santbir S Mehta, D C Barber, E van Beek, J Goepel, F C Hamdy Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield |
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Determining whether prostate cancer has spread locally is paramount in selecting men for curative surgery. Staging methods such as PSA, digital examination, CT and MRI are lacking in accuracy.
3-Dimensional ultrasound has been developed and has improved accuracy over other methods. This team has been working with techniques for enhancement of soft tissue boundaries. This technology has been applied to various structures but never to the prostate.
The aim is to produce a system whereby identification of the prostatic capsule is automated. This will be applied to 3D transrectal ultrasound and to MRI. When this is possible they aim to review all the scans obtained and test the technology for accuracy in detecting capsular involvement.
A full Final Report of the first stage of this project has been recieved which can be read here (.pdf 375Kb).
The next stage of this research has been continued in project 2003/13 where further details can be found.
Research summary, 11 January 2005
Project G2002/09.