What is 3-Dimensional Color Doppler Ultrasound?
The color-flow Doppler prostate ultrasound, introduced to the west coast of Florida by the Dattoli Cancer Center, brought a new perspective to diagnosing prostate cancers. The Doppler technology reveals in brilliant color areas of increased blood flow within the gland, indicating sites of suspected tumor growth. This information is profoundly important in planning the prostate biopsy, as it gives the physician color “targets” for the biopsy cores. Most biopsies for prostate cancer are performed utilizing transrectal ultrasound equipment which portrays images in hues of grey, resulting in randomly spaced biopsy cores that may often miss a cancer entirely. With the recent addition of a brand new Sonocubic computer program, physicians at Dattoli Cancer Center can look at suspected tumor growth from 360 degrees, rotating the image on the monitor to view the transparent structure from all sides, and enhancing the information needed to perform the all-important biopsy. Additionally, this sam
