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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 22.
Published in final edited form as: J Magn Reson Imaging. 2018 Jan 17;48(2):482–490. doi: 10.1002/jmri.25948

TABLE 2.

Methods of Obtaining and Reporting Prostate mpMRI at Home Institutions for the Six Readers Participating in This Study

Reader Experience Country Biopsy technique How findings are reported MRI sequences used
1 High USA mpMRI/TRUS Fusion Physical description and screen shot T2W/DWI/DCE
2 High UK mpMRI/TRUS Fusion PIRADS sector location/physical description T2W/DWI/DCE
3 Moderate Egypt: Cognitive TRUS Physical description alone T2W/DWI
4 Moderate Singapore mpMRI/TRUS Fusion Physical description and screen shot T2W/DWI/DCE
5 Low Italy mpMRI/TRUS Fusion Physical description and screen shot T2W/DWI/DCE
6 Low Turkey Cognitive TRUS Physical description alone T2W/DWI/DCE

mpMRI: multiparametric MRI, TRUS: transrectal ultrasound, T2W: T2-weighted imaging, DWI: diffusion weighted imaging, DCE: dynamic contrast-enhanced imaging.