title: PI-RADS Prostate Imaging - Reporting and Data System: 2015, Version 2.
abstract: The Prostate Imaging - Reporting and Data System Version 2 (PI-RADS™ v2) is the product of an international collaboration of the American College of Radiology (ACR), European Society of Uroradiology (ESUR), and AdMetech Foundation. It is designed to promote global standardization and diminish variation in the acquisition, interpretation, and reporting of prostate multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) examination, and it is based on the best available evidence and expert consensus opinion. It establishes minimum acceptable technical parameters for prostate mpMRI, simplifies and standardizes terminology and content of reports, and provides assessment categories that summarize levels of suspicion or risk of clinically significant prostate cancer that can be used to assist selection of patients for biopsies and management. It is intended to be used in routine clinical practice and also to facilitate data collection and outcome monitoring for research.
authors.affiliation: Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. Electronic address: jeffrey.weinreb@yale.edu.
authors.forename: Jeffrey C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Weinreb
authors.affiliation: Radboudumc, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Jelle O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Barentsz
authors.affiliation: National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Peter L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Choyke
authors.affiliation: René Descartes University, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Francois
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cornud
authors.affiliation: University of Toronto, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada.
authors.forename: Masoom A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Haider
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Katarzyna J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Macura
authors.affiliation: University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Margolis
authors.affiliation: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.
authors.forename: Mitchell D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Schnall
authors.affiliation: AdMeTech Foundation, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Faina
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Shtern
authors.affiliation: Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Clare M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Tempany
authors.affiliation: University Hospital of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Harriet C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Thoeny
authors.affiliation: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Sadna
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Verma
mesh_terms: D061765:Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration; D006801:Humans; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000592:standards*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011467:Prostate / Q000473:pathology*; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000175:diagnosis; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011873:Radiology Information Systems / Q000592:standards*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D009626:Terminology as Topic
keywords: Magnetic resonance imaging; Prostate; Prostate MRI; Prostate cancer; Prostate mpMRI