Tackling Interobserver Variability in Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI): Is MRI Even Better than We Think for Prostate Cancer Diagnosis?

Giorgio Brembilla; Yemisi Takwoingi; Veeru Kasivisvanathan

doi:10.1016/j.eururo.2020.10.023

Tackling Interobserver Variability in Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI): Is MRI Even Better than We Think for Prostate Cancer Diagnosis?

Eur Urol. 2021 Jan;79(1):8-10. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2020.10.023. Epub 2020 Nov 2.

Authors

Giorgio Brembilla¹, Yemisi Takwoingi², Veeru Kasivisvanathan³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy; UCL Centre for Medical Imaging, University College London, London, UK.
² Test Evaluation Research Group, Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham and NIHR Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre, Birmingham, UK.
³ Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, University College London, London, UK; Department of Urology, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK; British Urology Researchers in Surgical Training Research Collaborative, London, UK. Electronic address: veeru.kasi@ucl.ac.uk.

PMID: 33143947
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2020.10.023

Abstract

In clinical practice, the agreement between radiologists in detecting suspicious lesions on magnetic resonance images could be higher than previously thought because of biases associated with study design, patient selection, and the statistical approach in current studies of interobserver agreement.

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Humans
Male
Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
Observer Variation
Prostatic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*

Grants and funding

PDF-2017-10-059/DH_/Department of Health/United Kingdom