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Abstract #2802

Can Ex-Vivo MRI Be Used for Correlating Diffusion Weighted Imaging Parameters to Pathology for Validation of In-Vivo Multiparametric MRI

Michael A. Jacobs1,2, Vadappuram Chacko1, Baasil Okollie1, Tamara Lotan3, Katarzyna J. Macura1

1The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States; 2Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; 3Pathology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States


By using a multiparametric approach to investigate the in-vivo and ex-viso characteristics of prostate cancer a better understanding of prostate cancer aggressiveness and tumor staging can be realized. This radiological-pathological correlation will assist in detection, localization, assessment of the tumor microenvironment. Such a comprehensive approach offers more power to evaluate prostate disease than any single measure alone.