張 武¹, 張 続祖², 沈 志華³, 楊 文質⁴

Wu ZHANG¹, Xu Zu ZHANG², Zhi Hua SHEN³, Wen-Zhi YANG⁴

¹北京医科大学第三医院超声診断科, ²中日友好医院外科・図書情報室, ³中国科学院声学所東海研究室(上海), ⁴北京医科大学第三医院泌尿外科

¹Department of Diagnostic Ultrasound, Third Teaching Hospital Beijing Medical University, ²Library, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, ³Shanghai Acoustic Laboratory, Institute of Acoustics, Academia Sinica, ⁴Department of Urology, Third Hospital Beijing Medical University

キーワード : Prostate, Mass screnning, Ultrasound

Ultrasonic scan of the prostate with transrectal rotating transducer has played an important role in diagnosis of prostatic diseases especially for detecting prostatic carcinoma. Up-to-now ultrasound facilities specially used for urology have not been enough to meet the need of screening test on a large scale. For this reason, the authors make a joint appeal: Let us develop a new type of rectal probe (see appendix) which could be used to do sector scanning of the prostate transversely. Then the potential of popular type of ultrasound facilities—numerous real-time sector scanners will be brought into full play. The transrectal rotating transducer of some type of ultrasonic instrument for urology now have been used, could also be improved for raising its efficiency. We believe that the task of screening test for prostatic carcinoma will take on a new look when advanced transrectal scanning technique is widely used as much as possible.
Appendix: From clinical point of view, a design of the transducer mentioned above has been proposed.