Abstract #2251

Multiparametric 3T MR Imaging for Detection of Prostate Cancer with Surgical Correlation

Baris Turkbey¹, Haresh Mani², Marcelino Bernardo¹, Yuxi Pang³, Kiranpreet Khurana⁴, Paul Albert⁵, Peter Pinto⁴, Maria Merino², Peter L. Choyke¹

¹Molecular Imaging Program, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA; ²Laboratory of Pathology, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA; ³Philips Healthcare, Bethesda, MD, USA; ⁴Urologic Oncology Branch, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA; ⁵Biometric Research Branch, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA

While 3T endorectal MRI of prostate reveals comparable sensitivity and specificity to those reported for 1.5T the combined use of multiparametric MRI (DCE-MRI and MR spectroscopy) improves the positive predictive value for tumor detection.