Open AccessHow are we going to train a generation of radiologists (and urologists) to read prostate MRI?
Author(s) -
Philippe Puech,
Marco Randazzo,
A. Ouzzane,
Vincent Gaillard,
Ardeshir R. Rastinehad,
L. Lemaître,
Arnauld Villers
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
current opinion in urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.799
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1473-6586
pISSN - 0963-0643
DOI - 10.1097/mou.0000000000000217
Subject(s) - medicine , multiparametric mri , prostate cancer , medical physics , certification , interpretation (philosophy) , reading (process) , clinical practice , prostate , radiology , cancer , family medicine , computer science , management , political science , law , programming language , economics
Multiparametric MRI has gained tremendous importance in the daily practice for patients at risk or diagnosed with prostate cancer. Interpretation of multiparametric-MRI is a complex task, supposedly restricted to experienced radiologists. The purpose of this review is to analyze fundamentals of multiparametric-MRI interpretation and to describe how multiparametric-MRI training could be organized.