Clinical Study

Does 3D Ultrasound Enhance the Diagnosis of Bladder Tumours in Patients with Haematuria?

Table 1

Overview of published studies on 3D bladder ultrasound in the diagnosis of bladder tumours.

ReferenceNumber of patientsNumber of tumour lesions detected
2D3DCystoscopy

Mitterberger et al. [5]42293737
Kocakoc et al. [6]28394147
Park et al. [7]14192228
Current study21057

Total10587105119
Sensitivity* (%)73,188,2100

*Calculations were made considering cystoscopy as the “gold standard”.