Easy-to-use background score for routine prostate MRI
An easy-to-use binary scoring system for addressing background signal intensity changes in the prostate is proposed for MRI interpretation. Inter-reader agreement of the score was substantial, and agreement between readers regarding the presence or absence of cancer was higher for a background score of A than B. The background score could be used to communicate a potential diagnostic uncertainty related to the normal change in the peripheral zone, particularly for less experienced readers.
Authors
- Johannes Froehlich
- Nassim Tawanaie Pour Sedehi
- Fabio Ramos Poroes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9959-8064)
- Harriet C. Thoeny (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9361-2406)
- Carolin Reischauer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6624-6615)
- Hugo Najberg
- Mariem Ben Salah
- Julian Vidal
Institutions
- University of Fribourg (CH)
- Fribourg Development Agency (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Insights into Imaging
- Published
- 2026-01-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13244-025-02200-5
- Primary Topic
- Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Science Foundation
- Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
- Université de Fribourg