Quality of prostate MRI in early diagnosis-a national survey and reading evaluation.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The reliability of image-based recommendations in the prostate cancer pathway is partially dependent on prostate MRI image quality. We evaluated the current compliance with PI-RADSv2.1 technical recommendations and the prostate MRI image quality in the Netherlands. To aid image quality improvement, we identified factors that possibly influence image quality.

Materials and methods

A survey was sent to 68 Dutch medical centres to acquire information on prostate MRI acquisition. The responding medical centres were requested to provide anonymised prostate MRI examinations of biopsy-naive men suspected of prostate cancer. The images were evaluated for quality by three expert prostate radiologists. The compliance with PI-RADSv2.1 technical recommendations and the PI-QUA

SUBMITTER: Thijssen LCP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11972232 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature