title: Prostate magnetic resonance imaging: challenges of implementation.
abstract: Prostate cancer is among the most common causes of cancer and cancer deaths in men. Screening methods and optimal treatments have become controversial in recent years. Prostate magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is gaining popularity as a tool to assist diagnosis, risk assessment, and staging. However, implementation into clinical practice can be difficult, with many challenges associated with image acquisition, postprocessing, interpretation, reporting, and radiologic-pathologic correlation. Although state-of-the-art technology is available at select sites for targeting tissue biopsy and interpreting multiparametric prostate MRI, many institutions struggle with adapting this new technology into an efficient multidisciplinary model of patient care. This article reviews several of the challenges that radiologists should be aware of when integrating prostate MRI into their clinical practice.
authors: Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO. Electronic address: ronloch@gmail.com.
authors: Ronald
authors: R
authors: Loch
authors: Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
authors: Kathryn
authors: K
authors: Fowler
authors: Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
authors: Ryan
authors: R
authors: Schmidt
authors: Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
authors: Joseph
authors: J
authors: Ippolito
authors: Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
authors: Cary
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authors: Siegel
authors: Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
authors: Vamsi
authors: V
authors: Narra
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement; D061705:Image-Guided Biopsy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000639:trends; D008297:Male; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011467:Prostate / Q000473:pathology*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014572:Urology / Q000639:trends*