Diffusion kurtosis imaging and standard diffusion imaging in the magnetic resonance imaging assessment of prostate cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objective

In recent years, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has shown excellent results in the study of the prostate gland. MRI has indeed shown to be advantageous in the prostate cancer (PCa) detection, as in guiding targeting biopsy, improving its diagnostic yield. Although current acquisition protocols provide for multiparametric acquisition, recent evidence has shown that biparametric protocols can be non-inferior in PCa detection. Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) sequence, in particular, plays a key role, particularly in the peripheral zone which accounts for the larger part of the prostate. High b-values are generally recommended, although with the possibility of obtaining non-Gaussian diffusion effects, which requires a more sophisticated model for the analysi

SUBMITTER: Palumbo P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10788566 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature