Segmentation of the prostate gland in Magnetic Resonance (MR) images is an important task for image-guided prostate cancer therapy. The low contrast of the prostate to surrounding tissue in MR images makes automatic segmentation very challenging. In this paper, we propose an automatic approach for robust and accurate prostate segmentation in T2-weighted MR scans. We first employ a boosted prost...

BACKGROUND. The prostate gland is a highly specialized organ with functional attributes that serve to enhance the fertility of mammalian species. Pathological processes affecting the prostate include benign prostate hypertrophy and prostate carcinoma; diseases that account for major morbidity and mortality in middle-aged and elderly men. To facilitate studies of biological processes uniquely re...

Being the only exocrine organ located in the midline, the prostate gland is a compound tubuloalveolar exocrine gland of the male reproductive system, locating just below the bladder. The term “prostate” comes (as commonly published) from Greek prostates, literally which means “someone who stands before someone or something’’ that is ‘‘president’’ or ‘‘principal’’ ; however in a recent paper on ...

1Corresponding author : Email : [email protected] Prostatitis represents the inflammatory process of the prostate gland. It is the most common urologic disorder occurring in older intact male dogs (Krawiec, 1994). Prostatitis may be acute or chronic in nature and is generally associated with prostatic infection (Kraft et al., 2008) either by ascending (from the urinary tract) or descendin...

Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) is a prospective tool for characterization of the chemical composition of tissues. In vivo MRS can be used for metabolite profiling in the prostate tissue to discriminate non-invasively carcinomas and healthy prostate. In this article different prostate metabolites have been discussed and how to exploit the MRS technique for the estimation of metabolites in...

The prostate gland is the main male accessory as it secretes fluid that nourishes and protects sperm. With age, can enlarge. As surrounds part of urethra, enlarged squeeze tube. This some other pathologies cause different problems like urinary retention, impaired kidney feature, recurrent tract infections, gross hematuria, bladder calculi. was a descriptive study with sample size 200 patients, ...

Introduction The prostate gland is a small reproductive organ found in men. It consists of 3 zones: central, peripheral and transitional. most common localization cancer elderly men the zone. Prostate one cancers ranks second terms incidence fifth lethality among worldwide. There are many factors that contribute to development We can divide them into two large groups: genetic environmental fact...

Prostate cancer has the second highest incidence among malignant tumors in men in Poland, and the first in the USA. Currently, medical reports state that incidentally non-diagnosed prostate cancer is present in about 30-46% of men over the age of fifty. Tumor angiogenesis has significant implications in the diagnosis and treatment of various solid tumors. With fast, multi-slice CT scanners and ...

The FGFs (fibroblast growth factors) regulate a broad spectrum of biological activities by activating transmembrane FGFR (FGF receptor) tyrosine kinases and their coupled intracellular signalling pathways. In the prostate, the mesenchymal-epithelial interactions mediated by androgen signalling and paracrine factors are essential for gland organogenesis, homoeostasis and tumorigenesis. FGFs medi...