Impact of 18-French Rectal Tube Placement on Image Quality of Multiparametric Prostate MRI | Zendy

Yu-Hui Huang | Zendy; Can Özütemiz | Zendy; Nathan Rubin | Zendy; Robben Schat | Zendy; Gregory J. Metzger | Zendy; Benjamin Spilseth | Zendy

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Impact of 18-French Rectal Tube Placement on Image Quality of Multiparametric Prostate MRI

Author(s) -

Yu-Hui Huang,

Can Özütemiz,

Nathan Rubin,

Robben Schat,

Gregory J. Metzger,

Benjamin Spilseth

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

american journal of roentgenology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.294

H-Index - 196

eISSN - 1546-3141

pISSN - 0361-803X

DOI - 10.2214/ajr.21.25732

Subject(s) - medicine , prostate , multiparametric mri , radiology , rectal examination , image quality , tube (container) , rectum , nuclear medicine , surgery , image (mathematics) , artificial intelligence , mechanical engineering , cancer , computer science , engineering

This study compared prostate multiparametric MRI (mpMRI) performed using an 18-French rectal tube in place throughout the examination after initial placement by a technologist ( n = 97) with mpMRI performed without rectal tube placement ( n = 99). Acquisition parameters were otherwise identical. Two radiologists scored subjective image quality and measured rectal diameter. For both readers, rectal tube placement was associated ( p < .001) with improved ADC map quality, decreased DWI distortion, decreased rectal gas, and decreased rectal diameter. Findings support routine rectal tube placement for prostate mpMRI.

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