Bladder cancer: do we need contrast injection for MRI assessment of muscle invasion? A prospective multi-reader VI-RADS approach.
Andrea Delli PizziDomenico MastrodicasaMichele MarchioniGiulia PrimiceriFrancesca Di FabioRoberta CianciBarbara SecciaBarbara SessaErica MincuzziMartina RomanelliPietro CastellanRoberto CastellucciAntonella ColasanteLuigi SchipsRaffaella BasilicoMassimo CauloPublished in: European radiology (2020)
• The contrast-free MRI protocol shows a comparable accuracy to the standard multiparametric MRI protocol in the bladder cancer muscle-invasiveness assessment. • VI-RADS classification helps non-expert radiologists to assess the muscle-invasiveness of bladder cancer. • DCE should be carefully interpreted by less experienced readers due to inflammatory changes representing a potential pitfall.
Keyphrases
- contrast enhanced
- magnetic resonance imaging
- magnetic resonance
- skeletal muscle
- diffusion weighted imaging
- computed tomography
- randomized controlled trial
- machine learning
- deep learning
- oxidative stress
- artificial intelligence
- clinical practice
- muscle invasive bladder cancer
- cell migration
- risk assessment
- contrast enhanced ultrasound