3D EAGAN: 3D edge-aware attention generative adversarial network for prostate segmentation in transrectal ultrasound images [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 Automatic prostate segmentation in TRUS images has always been a challenging problem, since prostates in TRUS images have ambiguous boundaries and inhomogeneous intensity distribution. Although many prostate segmentation methods have been proposed, they still need to be improved due to the lack of sensibility to edge information.
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Androgen deficiency in the aging male and chronic prostatitis: clinical and diagnostic comparative analysis [PDF]
Саратовский научно-медицинский журнал, 2013 The research goal is to study probability, period of development and characteristics of a clinical course of chronic prostatitis against the background of androgen deficiency in the aging male.
Spirin Р.V. +3 more
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International Brazilian Journal of Urology, 2016 This prospective analysis assessed the effect of histological prostatitis on lower urinary tract functions and sexual function. The patients were separated into two groups as histologically observed prostatitis (Group A) and no prostatitis (Group B ...
Sukru Kumsar +6 more
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Readability and understandability of andrology questionnaires [PDF]
, 2018 Objective: Medical questionnaires, which enable collection, comparison and analysis of appropriate data as a means of written communication between a patient and a doctor, must be easily readable, and understandable. Here, we measure the readability and
Atalay, Hasan Anıl, Çetinkaya, Gökhan
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Multiparametric MR imaging in diagnosis of chronic prostatitis and its differentiation from prostate cancer [PDF]
, 2015 Chronic prostatitis is a heterogeneous condition with high prevalence rate. Chronic prostatitis has overlap in clinical presentation with other prostate disorders and is one of the causes of high serum prostate specific antigen (PSA) level.
Deng, Ming +8 more
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Annual Review of Medicine, 1975 Several distinct types of prostatitis, or prostatitis syndromes, are now recognized. The most common forms include acute and chronic bacterial prostatitis, nonbacterial prostatitis, and prostatodynia. Bacterial prostatitis, caused mainly by coliform bacteria, Pseudomonas, and Enterococcus faecalis, is often difficult to cure and usually requires ...
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Pharmacological interventions for treating chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome. [PDF]
, 2020 Prostatitis is a common condition which can affect men of all ages; however, it is more frequently experienced in younger men with an initial onset around 40 years of age.
Kennedy, Catriona, Paterson, Catherine
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Pharmacological Interventions for Bacterial Prostatitis
Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2020 Prostatitis is a common urinary tract condition but bring innumerable trouble to clinicians in treatment, as well as great financial burden to patients and the society. Bacterial prostatitis (acute bacterial prostatitis plus chronic bacterial prostatitis)
Situ Xiong +14 more
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Nuclear medicine procedures and the evaluation of male sexual organs: a short review [PDF]
, 2008 Sexuality consists of three aspects that are interrelated and inseparable, biological, physiological and social. The biological aspect considers the individual's capability to give and to receive pleasure.
Adenilson de Souza da Fonseca +39 more
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Dosimetric and Deformation Effects of Image-Guided Interventions during Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy of the Prostate using an Endorectal Balloon [PDF]
Medical Physics 39, 3080 (2012), 2013 During Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) for the treatment of prostate cancer, an inflatable endorectal balloon (ERB) may be used to reduce motion of the target and reduce the dose to the posterior rectal wall. This work assessed the dosimetric impact of manual interventions on ERB position in patients receiving prostate SBRT and investigated the ...
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