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Matthias Dietzel: What is the impact of prostate imaging quality?
Dec 28, 2024, 14:29

Matthias Dietzel: What is the impact of prostate imaging quality?

Matthias Dietzel, Deputy Editor in Chief and Social Media Editor at Elsevier, shared a post on LinkedIn:

“Detection of clinically significant prostate cancer at biopsy? What is the impact of prostate imaging quality (PI-QUAL)

As the year turns, the rhythm changes.
Let´s use it for extra reading time.

Today I am happy to highlight you one of my personal highlight EJR papers on prostate MRI.

Essentials:

1. Prostate MRI scan quality as defined by PI-QUAL scores may have an impact on the diagnostic accuracy of the MRI-biopsy diagnostic pathway.

2. A higher number of false positive biopsy referrals were observed for mpMRI scans of suboptimal quality and a lower PPV for clinically significant prostate cancers.

3. These findings support the importance of adequate quality control on MRI scan acquisition following PI-RADS guidelines.

4. Standardized image quality evaluation and reporting in routine clinical practice using PI-QUAL scores is crucial.

Congratulations to the authors.”

Impact of prostate imaging quality (PI-QUAL) score on the detection of clinically significant prostate cancer at biopsy

Authors: Giorgio Brembilla et al.

Matthias Dietzel