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Three-dimensional (3D) sonography and power Doppler angiography have been introduced recently as important sonographic diagnostic tools as discussed in Chap. 5. With Virtual Organ Computer-Aided Analysis (VOCAL) software, the following vascularity indices can be calculated automatically: the vascularization index (VI), flow index (FI), and vascularization-flow index (VFI). These quantitative measures allow estimation of tumor aggression and serve as a reproducible marker to follow treatment progress.
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Bard, R.L. (2014). Doppler Histogram Vessel Density Analysis. In: Bard, R., Fütterer, J., Sperling, D. (eds) Image Guided Prostate Cancer Treatments. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40429-0_6
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