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Table 2 MRI conduct

From: The prostate cancer detection rates of CEUS-targeted versus MRI-targeted versus systematic TRUS-guided biopsies in biopsy-naïve men: a prospective, comparative clinical trial using the same patients

mpMRI Conduct

Unit

Philips 3 Tesla INGENIA®

Siemens 1.5 Tesla AVANTO®

Slice Thickness

 T2-Weighted

3 mm

3 mm

 DW-MRI

4 mm

5 mm

 DCE-MRI

2 mm

4 mm

T2-weighted planes

axial, coronal and sagittal

axial, coronal and sagittal

DCE-MRI

 Temporal resolution

5.00 s

3.06 s

 Post-processing model

Tofts model using Dynacad (In Vivo, Best, The Netherlands)

Tofts model using Dynacad (In Vivo, Best, The Netherlands)

DW-MRI,

 B-values,

B0, B100, B1000

B50, B800

 Imaging sets

ADC, calculated B1500

ADC

 Quantitative analysis

primarily qualitative, quantitative in unclear cases

primarily qualitative, quantitative in unclear cases

  1. mpMRI multiparamteric Magentic Resonance Imaging, DW-MRI Diffusion - Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging, DCE-MRI Dynamic Contrast- Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging