Open AccessDefining Novel and Practical Metrics to Assess the Deliverables of Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging/Ultrasound Fusion Prostate Biopsy
Author(s) -
Benjamin T. Ristau,
David Y.T. Chen,
Jeffrey L. Ellis,
Aseem Malhotra,
Lyudmilla DeMora,
Rosaleen B. Parsons,
Barton Milestone,
Marion Brody,
Rosalia Viterbo,
Richard E. Greenberg,
Marc C. Smaldone,
Robert G. Uzzo,
Jordan Anaokar,
Alexander Kutikov
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the journal of urology/the journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.402
H-Index - 256
eISSN - 1527-3792
pISSN - 0022-5347
DOI - 10.1016/j.juro.2017.09.124
Subject(s) - medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , prostate biopsy , prostate , ultrasound , radiology , multiparametric mri , deliverable , medical physics , cancer , management , economics
Multiparametric magnetic resonance/ultrasound targeted prostate biopsy is touted as a tool to improve prostate cancer care and yet its true clinical usefulness over transrectal ultrasound guided prostate biopsy has not been systematically analyzed. We introduce 2 metrics to better quantify and report the deliverables of targeted biopsy.