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.
| Reference | Number of patients | Number of tumour lesions detected | 2D | 3D | Cystoscopy |
| Mitterberger et al. [5] | 42 | 29 | 37 | 37 | Kocakoc et al. [6] | 28 | 39 | 41 | 47 | Park et al. [7] | 14 | 19 | 22 | 28 | Current study | 21 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| Total | 105 | 87 | 105 | 119 | Sensitivity* (%) | | 73,1 | 88,2 | 100 |
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*Calculations were made considering cystoscopy as the “gold standard”.
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