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Review

Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Prostate in the PI-RADS Era

Bernd Hamm  1 , Patrick Asbach  1
Juerg Hodler  1 , Rahel A. Kubik-Huch  2 , Gustav K. von Schulthess  3
, editors.
In: Diseases of the Abdomen and Pelvis 2018-2021: Diagnostic Imaging - IDKD Book [Internet]. Cham (CH): Springer; 2018. Chapter 11.
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Prostate in the PI-RADS Era

Bernd Hamm et al.
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Excerpt

  1. To understand the current role of prostate MRI for imaging-based targeted prostate biopsy, staging, and active surveillance

  2. To learn how to optimize the multiparametric prostate MR imaging protocol

  3. To illustrate how to use the PI-RADS classification for prostatic lesion assessment

  4. To understand the need of structured reporting in communicating with the urologists

  5. To discuss the most common pitfalls in multiparametric MRI of the prostate

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