Impact of bowel preparation with Fleet's™ enema on prostate MRI quality.

Mehmet Coskun Sherif MehralivandJoanna H ShihMaria J MerinoBradford J Wood Peter A Pinto Tristan Barrett Peter C Black Ismail Baris Turkbey

Published in: Abdominal radiology (New York) (2021)

Bowel preparation with enema prior to prostate MRI may diminish rectal gas but has modest effects on DWI distortion and overall image quality. The value of bowel prep is not conclusively validated in this study.

Keyphrases

image quality
diffusion weighted imaging
prostate cancer
contrast enhanced
magnetic resonance imaging
computed tomography
benign prostatic hyperplasia
diffusion weighted
molecularly imprinted
men who have sex with men
quality improvement
mass spectrometry
ionic liquid
simultaneous determination