7Radiation risk estimation for persons exposed by radioiodine as a result of the Chornobyl accident As a result of the Chornobyl accident in 1986, much of the territories of Ukraine,…
6Estimation of radiation risk under classical or Berkson multiplicative error in exposure doses As well known, today the most common methods for estimation of radiation risks that associated with human…
Part II: Radiation risk estimation under uncertainty in exposure doses 5Overview of risk models realized in program package EPICURE EPICURE is a package of applied interactive computer programs designed on…
Case 1: PI-RADS 2 Lesion Corresponding to High-Grade Prostatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia 12.1.1 History A 58-year-old man with a rising PSA level (4.1 ng/mL) and no prior prostate biopsy ( ▶ Fig….
American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) clinical TNM staging classification of prostate cancer. Stage definition Primary tumor (T) clinical Tx Primary tumor cannot be assessed T0 No evidence of primary…
Clinical Background on Prostate Cancer Recurrence Radical prostatectomy (RP) remains the most common primary treatment for primary localized prostate cancer (PCa) and offers definitive cure in most patients. Primary whole…
What is Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI? Angiogenesis is a key step for cancer growth and is characterized by blood vessel proliferation that is induced in response to high needs for oxygen…
Hardware Requirements 3.2.1 Field Strength Though initially established at 1.5 T, 1 mpMRI of the prostate is increasingly performed at 3.0 T in both clinical and research settings. 2, 3 The…
Technical Aspects Conventional MRI is based on the 1H signal from water (1H2O). Water molecules of the body have constant random brownian motion, a property that is explored by DWI….
Prebiopsy Planning The large majority of prostate cancer cases are multifocal, comprising numerous tumor foci within the gland. Nevertheless, prostate cancer may be regarded as a biologically unifocal disease, in…
