Diffusion-Weighted Imaging of the Prostate
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….
MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
Prebiopsy MRI and MRI-Targeted Biopsy
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…
Prostate Cancer Pathology
In an adult male without significant hyperplasia, the average weight of the prostate gland is approximately 20 to 30 g. It is shaped as an inverted cone, with the base…
Prostate Imaging–Reporting and Data System (PI-RADS)
PI-RADS Assessment Based on the current uses and capabilities of mpMRI and MRI-targeted procedures, PI-RADS v2 defines clinically significant cancer on pathology as those tumors that have a Gleason score…
MRI and Active Surveillance
Current Practices in Active Surveillance Active surveillance is a management strategy designed to identify prostate cancer patients who are low risk of cancer progression and to intervene with active treatment…
PET/CT and PET/MR Imaging Evaluation of Prostate Cancer
Summary of select PET radiotracers employed in prostate cancer Radiotracer Biological basis Major potential utility in prostate cancer 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose Glucose metabolism Detection of aggressive primary tumor (Gleason score>7) Assessment of…
Introduction to Prostate Cancer: Clinical Considerations
Incidence, Demographics, and Survival Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men in the United States, after only skin cancer. After lung cancer, prostate cancer is the second…
Imaging of Lymphoma of the Musculoskeletal System
Imaging plays a crucial role in staging and the assessment of treatment response in patients who have lymphoma of the musculoskeletal system. This article reviews imaging features of lymphoma of…
MRI in Dementia
With cognitive disorders increasingly common, clinicians urgently need faster and more accurate tools to classify such disorders and to noninvasively monitor therapeutic interventions. In this review, we provide information on…
The Clinical Role of Fusion Imaging Using PET, CT, and MR Imaging
Multimodality image registration and fusion have a key role in routine diagnosis, staging, restaging, and the assessment of response to treatment, surgery, and radiotherapy planning of malignant disease. The complementarity…
