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. 2019 Apr 25;2019(4):CD012663. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012663.pub2
Study MRI technique MRI reading MRI‐TBx
Study Inclusion
 period Machine Magnetic
field strength
Pulse sequences Endorectal
coil
MRI score
 system Experience / consensus reading Technique N cores
Diagnostic test accuracy analyses studies
Abd‐Alazeez 2014 < Apr 2013 Achieva, Philips/Avanto, Siemens 1.5 & 3 T2, DWI, DCE No PI‐RADS
 v1 Experienced / NR Cognitive NR
Ahmed 2017 May 2012
 Nov 2015 NR 1.5 T2, DWI, DCE No PI‐RADS
 v1a Experienced / NR NA NA
Dal Moro 2019 Jan 2013
 Dec 2016 NR 1.5 T2, DWI NR PI‐RADS
 v1 Experienced / NR Cognitive 1/lesion
Distler 2017 Oct 2012
 Dec 2015 Magnetom Prisma, Siemens/Biograph mMR, Siemens 3 T2, DWI, DCE No PI‐RADS
 v1 Experienced / No BiopSee, Pi Medical/MedCom (rigid) 3/lesion
Grey 2015 Jul 2012
 Nov 2013 Signa Excite, GE/Magnetom Symphony, Siemens 1.5 T2, DWI No PI‐RADS
 v1 Experienced / No Cognitive NR
Hansen 2016a Mar 2013
 Oct 2015 NR 1.5 & 3 T2, DWI No PI‐RADS
 v1 Experienced / No BiopSee, Pi Medical/MedCom (rigid) 2/lesion
Hansen 2018 Oct 2012
 May 2016 Discovery MR450/MR750 HDx, GE/Magnetom, Siemens 1.5 & 3 T2, DWI, DCE NR PI‐RADS
 v1, v2 Experienced / Yes BiopSee, Pi Medical/MedCom (rigid) 2‐4/pt
 (IQR 2‐5)
Hansen 2017 Oct 2013
 Nov 2015 Magnetom, Siemens 3 T2, DWI, DCE No PI‐RADS
 v1 Experienced / NR BiopSee, Pi Medical/MedCom (rigid) 2/pt
 (IQR 2‐4)
Kesch 2017 Oct 2013
 Mar 2014 Magnetom, Siemens 3 T2, DWI, DCE NR PI‐RADS
 v1 Experienced / NR BiopSee, Pi Medical/MedCom (rigid) 2/lesion
(range 2‐3)
Lawrence 2014 Feb 2012
 Jun 2012 MR450, GE 1.5 & 3 T2, DWI No PI‐RADS
 v1 Experienced / Yes BiopSee, Pi Medical/MedCom (rigid) 7/pt
 (range 0‐14)
Mortezavi 2018 Nov 2014
 Sep 2016 Magnetom Skyra, Siemens 3 T2, DWI, DCE Yes/No PI‐RADS
 v1 Experienced / Yes and No BiopSee, Pi (Medical)/MedCom (non‐rigid) 2‐4/lesion
Muthuveloe 2016 Mar 2013
 Dec 2014 NR NR T2, DWI, DCE NR PI‐RADS
 v1 Unclear / NR NA NA
Pepe 2013 Jun 2011
 Dec 2012 Achieva, Philips 3 T2, DWI, DCE, spectroscopy No In‐house Unclear / No Cognitive 3,5/pt
 (range 3‐4)
Thompson 2016 Apr 2012
 Mar 2014 NR 1.5 & 3 T2, DWI, DCE No PI‐RADS
 v1 Experienced / Yes BioJet, Geoscan (rigid) NR
Tsivian 2017 2011
 2014 Signa HDx, GE/Skyra, Siemens 3 T2, DWI, DCE Yes/No PI‐RADS
 v1a Experienced / No NA NA
Agreement analyses studies
Alberts 2017 Oct 2013
 Apr 2016 Discovery MR750, GE 3 T2, DWI, DCE No PI‐RADS
 v2 Experienced / Yes Urostation, Koelis (elastic) 2‐3/pt
Boesen 2017a Sep 2012
 Sep 2013 Ingenia, Philips 3 T2, DWI, DCE No PI‐RADS
 v1 Experienced / No Real‐Time Virtual Sonography,
 Hitachi (rigid) 1‐2/lesion
Boesen 2018 Nov 2015
 Jun 2017 Philips Healthcare 3 T2, DWI No PI‐RADS
 v2a Experienced / No HI‐RVS (Hitachi; n=877),
 Uro‐Nav system (Invivo; n=143) 1‐2/lesion
Castellucci 2017 Jul 2011
 Jul 2014 Achieva, Philips 1.5 T2, DWI NR PI‐RADS
 v1 Experienced / Yes Cognitive 2/lesion
Chang 2017 Mar 2012
 Dec2014 Signa HDx, GE 3 T2, DWI, DCE NR PI‐RADS
 v1, v2 Experienced / NR Cognitive ≥ 2/lesion
Chen 2015 Jun 2008
 Dec 2013 Achieva, Philips 3 T2, DWI No In‐house Experienced / NR Cognitive 1‐2/lesion
Cool 2016 Sep 2011
 Mar 2014 NR, GE 3 T2, DWI, DCE Yes/No In‐house Experienced / No Artemis, Eigen (elastic) 1.9/lesion
Costa 2013 Aug 2003
 Aug 2008 Genesis Signa LX Excite, GE 3 T2, DCE Yes In‐house Experienced / NR Cognitive NR
Delongchamps 2013 Jan 2011
 Mar 2012 NR 1.5 T2, DWI, DCE Yes/No In‐house Experienced / Yes Urostation, Koelis (elastic)/Virtual Navigator, Esaote
 (rigid)/Cognitive 4/pt
 (range 2‐10)
Filson 2016 Sep 2009
 Feb 2015 TrioTim Somatom, Siemens 3 T2, DWI, DCE No In‐house Experienced / No Artemis, Eigen (elastic) 1 per 3 mm.
lesion diameter
Garcia Bennett 2017 Oct 2014
 Apr 2016 Signa, GE 3 T2, DWI No PI‐RADS
 v1 Experienced / Yes Cognitive NR
Grönberg 2018 May 2016
 May 2017 Magnetom Avanto, Siemens/Magnetom Aera, Siemens 1.5 T2, DWI No PI‐RADS
 v2 Experienced / Yes Urostation, Koelis/Artemis, Eigen/BioJet, D&K Technologies NR
Jambor 2015 Apr 2011
 Mar 2013 Magnetom Verio, Siemens 3 T2, DWI, DCE, spectroscopy No In‐house Unclear / NR Cognitive NR
Jambor 2017 Mar 2013
 Feb 2015 Magnetom Verio, Siemens 3 T2, DWI NR In‐house Experienced/ No Cognitive 2/index lesion
Kim 2017 Jan 2012
 Dec 2015 Magnetom Trio/Skyra, Siemens 3 T2, DWI, DCE No In‐house,
 PI‐RADS
 v1, v2 Experienced / No UroNav, Invivo (rigid) 6.7/pt
Lee 2016 Jan 2014
 Dec 2014 Intera Achieva, Philips 3 T2, DWI No In‐house Experienced / NR Cognitive 2.4/pt
Lee 2017 2016 Intera Achieva, Philips 3 T2, DWI, (DCE 55 pts)
 T2, DWI (68 pts) No PI‐RADS
 v2a Experienced / NR Cognitive NR
Okcelik 2016 Feb 2013
 Mar 2014 Avanto, Siemens 1.5 T2, DWI, DCE, spectroscopy NR In‐house Unclear / NR Cognitive NR
Panebianco 2015 Oct 2011
 Mar 2014 Discovery MR750, GE/Magnetom Verio, Siemens 3 T2, DWI, DCE Yes/No PI‐RADS
 v1 Experienced / Yes Cognitive 2/pt
Peltier 2015 Mar 2012
 Sep 2013 Magnetom Verio, Siemens 3 T2, DWI, DCE Yes/No PI‐RADS
 v1a Experienced / No Urostation, Koelis (elastic) 2,4/lesion
 (range 1‐4)
Pokorny 2014 Jul 2012
 Jan 2013 Magnetom Skyra, Siemens 3 T2, DWI, DCE No PI‐RADS
 v1 Experienced / Yes In‐bore 2/pt
 (range 2‐3)
Rouvière 2019a Jul 2015
 Aug2016 MR 750, GE/MR 450, GE/Ingenia, Philips/Avanto, Siemens/Intera, Philips/Aera, Siemens/Achieva, Philips/Skyra, Siemens/Priesma, Siemens 1.5 & 3 T2, DWI, DCE Yes/No PI‐RADS
 v1/v2a Experienced / No Urostation, Koelis/Smart Fusion, Toshiba/Percunav, Philips 3/lesion
Say 2016 Dec 2012
 Jun 2015 NR NR T2, DWI, DCE NR In‐house,
 PI‐RADS
 v1 Unclear / NR Artemis, Eigen (elastic) NR
Tonttilla 2016 Apr 2011
 Dec 2014 Magnetom Skyra, Siemens 3 T2, DWI, DCE No In‐house No experience / Unclear Cognitive 2/pt
 (range 2‐3)
Van der Leest 2018 Feb 2015
 Feb 2017 Magnetom Skyra, Siemens 3 T2, DWI, DCE NR PI‐RADS
 v2 Experienced / Yes In‐bore, Invivo 2‐4/lesion
abased on the PI‐RADS v1/v2 guidelines but either before official publication or practically identical.
DCE: dynamic contrast‐enhanced imaging; DWI: diffusion‐weighted imaging; MRI: magnetic resonance imaging; NA: not applicable; NR: not reported; PI‐RADS v1, v2: Prostate Imaging Reporting Data System version 1 or 2; pt(s): participant(s); SBx: systematic biopsy; T2: T2‐weighted imaging