Table 1.

PIRADS v2 recommended parameters for the DCE MRI sequence

DCE sequence parameters	2D or 3D T1 gradient echo (3D preferred)
TR/TE	<100 ms/<5 s
Slice thickness	3 mm, no gaps
Field of view	Entire prostate gland & seminal vesicles
In plane dimension	≤2 mm×≤2 mm
Temporal resolution	≤15 s (<7 s preferred)
Total observation time	≥2 min
Contrast dose	0.1 mmol/kg standard GBCA or equivalent high relaxivity GBCA
Contrast injection rate	2–3 cc/s with continuous image acquisition

Adapted from ACR PIRADS v2 [23]