Impact of 18-French Rectal Tube Placement on Image Quality of Multiparametric Prostate MRI.
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SUBMITTER: Huang YH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8638824 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct
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Impact of 18-French Rectal Tube Placement on Image Quality of Multiparametric Prostate MRI.
Huang Yu-Hui YH Özütemiz Can C Rubin Nathan N Schat Robben R Metzger Gregory J GJ Spilseth Benjamin B
AJR. American journal of roentgenology 20210414 4
This study compared prostate multiparametric MRI (mpMRI) performed using an 18-French rectal tube in place throughout the examination after initial placement by a technologist (<i>n</i> = 97) with mpMRI performed without rectal tube placement (<i>n</i> = 99). Acquisition parameters were otherwise identical. Two radiologists scored subjective image quality and measured rectal diameter. For both readers, rectal tube placement was associated (<i>p</i> < .001) with improved ADC map quality, decrease ...[more]
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