PI-RADS version 2.1: one small step for prostate MRI

Multiparametric (mp) prostate magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is playing an increasingly prominent role in the diagnostic work-up of patients with suspected prostate cancer. Performing mpMRI before biopsy offers several advantages including biopsy avoidance under certain clinical circumstances and targeting biopsy of suspicious lesions to enable the correct diagnosis. The success of the technique is heavily dependent on high-quality image acquisition, interpretation, and report communication, all areas addressed by previous versions of the Prostate Imaging-Reporting and Data System (PI-RADS) recommendations.

Source: Clinical Radiology - June 21, 2019 Category: Radiology Authors: T. Barrett, A. Rajesh, A.B. Rosenkrantz, P.L. Choyke, B. Turkbey Tags: Review Source Type: research