May 16, 2020

Quantitative Prostate MRI

Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI
Nicola Schieda, Christopher S Lim, Fatemeh Zabihollahy, Jorge Abreu-Gomez, Satheesh Krishna, Sungmin Woo, Gerd Melkus, Eran Ukwatta, Baris Turkbey
Prostate MRI is reported in clinical practice using the Prostate Imaging and Data Reporting System (PI-RADS). PI-RADS aims to standardize, as much as possible, the acquisition, interpretation, reporting, and ultimately the performance of prostate MRI. PI-RADS relies upon mainly subjective analysis of MR imaging findings, with very few incorporated quantitative features. The shortcomings of PI-RADS are mainly: low-to-moderate interobserver agreement and modest accuracy for detection of clinically...