Alexander Ng

Oct 12, 2023 | inkl.com | Alexander Ng |Veeru Kasivisvanathan |Hayley Luxton

Changing how MRIs are carried out could triple the number of scans used to detect prostate cancer, potentially making diagnosis quicker and more effective, researchers have said. MRI scans are standard for men suspected of having the disease and can allow doctors to rule out cancer without the need for a tissue biopsy, but demand has risen sharply. The scans are currently carried out in three phases, with imaging done without contrast in the first instance.

Apr 6, 2023 | bmjopen.bmj.com | Aqua Asif |Arjun Nathan |Alexander Ng |Pramit Khetrapal

Reporting of MRIPatients will undergo (or will have undergone) standard of care mpMRI as per their local protocol. The radiologists participating in this trial will be blinded to the DCE sequences and will report the MRI using only the biparametric (T2W and DWI) sequences in report 1. After reporting the bpMRI, the same radiologist will be unblinded to the DCE sequences and will re-report the MRI using the mpMRI sequences (T2W, DWI and DCE) in report 2 (figure 1).