ReviewInsights into imaging2021
Understanding PI-QUAL for prostate MRI quality: a practical primer for radiologists.
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- Assessing breast MRI image quality: the bMRI-QUAL scoring system.European radiology · 2026Article
- Deep learning-based automatic field of view planning for prostate MRI in oblique coronal and oblique axial planes.Scientific reports · 2026Article
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- A collaborative approach to improving prostate magnetic resonance image quality.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2026Article
- Multi-reader evaluation of the prostate imaging quality score system version 2 (PI-QUAL V2) and its clinical application.European radiology · 2025Article
- Prostate MRI Quality Assessment: PI-QUAL and Factors Influencing Image Quality.Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology · 2025Review
- Multicenter analysis for inter reader agreement of PIQUAL score v2 for basic readers in prostate MRI.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Impact of the PI-QUAL MRI quality score on histopathological up-staging from MRI fusion biopsy to final prostatectomy specimen.World journal of urology · 2025Article
- A Narrative Review of Artificial Intelligence in MRI-Guided Prostate Cancer Diagnosis: Addressing Key Challenges.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Characterisation of Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Prostate in Younger Men with Normal Prostate-specific Antigen Within the PROBASE Study.European urology open science · 2025Article
- Quality of prostate MRI in early diagnosis-a national survey and reading evaluation.Insights into imaging · 2025Article
- Micro-enema immediately prior to prostate MRI: effects on rectal gas, image quality and PI-QUAL score.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2025Article
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- Squared diffusion-weighted imaging for improving the detection of clinically significant prostate cancer.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Transforming Medical Imaging: The Role of Artificial Intelligence Integration in PACS for Enhanced Diagnostic Accuracy and Workflow EfficiencyCurrent medical imaging · 2025Review
- Estimated diagnostic performance of prostate MRI performed with clinical suspicion of prostate cancer.Insights into imaging · 2024Article
- Image quality comparison of 1.5T and 3T prostate MRIs of the same post-hip arthroplasty patients: multi-rater assessments including PI-QUAL version 2.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2024Article
- Impact of prostate MRI image quality on diagnostic performance for clinically significant prostate cancer (csPCa).Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2024Article
- ESR Essentials: using the right scoring system in prostate MRI-practice recommendations by ESUR.European radiology · 2024Review
- AI-ADC: Channel and Spatial Attention-Based Contrastive Learning to Generate ADC Maps from T2W MRI for Prostate Cancer Detection.Journal of personalized medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
Prostate magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of high diagnostic quality is a key determinant for either detection or exclusion of prostate cancer. Adequate high spatial resolution on T2-weighted imaging, good diffusion-weighted imaging and dynamic contrast-enhanced sequences of high signal-to-noise ratio are the prerequisite for a high-quality MRI study of the prostate. The Prostate Imaging Quality (PI-QUAL) score was created to assess the diagnostic quality of a scan against a set of objective criteria as per Prostate Imaging-Reporting and Data System recommendations, together with criteria obtained from the image. The PI-QUAL score is a 1-to-5 scale where a score of 1 indicates that all MR sequences (T2-weighted imaging, diffusion-weighted imaging and dynamic contrast-enhanced sequences) are below the minimum standard of diagnostic quality, a score of 3 means that the scan is of sufficient diagnostic quality, and a score of 5 implies that all three sequences are of optimal diagnostic quality. The purpose of this educational review is to provide a practical guide to assess the quality of prostate MRI using PI-QUAL and to familiarise the radiologist and all those involved in prostate MRI with this scoring system. A variety of images are also presented to demonstrate the difference between suboptimal and good prostate MR scans.
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