Current status and future directions of AI in prostate cancer detection on MRI: a special report from the ESUR prostate MRI working group authors
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Authors
- Tobias Penzkofer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9591-8575)
- Georgios Agrotis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3752-1315)
- Olivier Rouvière (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0030-478X)
- Tristan Barrett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1180-1474)
- Evis Sala (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5518-9360)
- Raphaële Renard‐Penna (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8484-4590)
- Charlie Alexander Hamm (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4104-4758)
- Johannes Uhlig (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3557-3194)
- Maarten de Rooij (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7257-7907)
- Hanna Falińska
- Giorgio Brembilla
- on behalf of the ESUR Prostate MRI Working Group
- Anwar R. Padhani
- Luca Russo
- Renato Cuocolo
- Iztok Caglic
- Emanuele Messina
- Andrea Ponsiglione
Institutions
- Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (FR)
- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (IT)
- University of Salerno (IT)
- University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Radboud University Nijmegen (NL)
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (IT)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Policlinico Umberto I (IT)
- Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic (IT)
- Radboud University Medical Center (NL)
- The Netherlands Cancer Institute (NL)
- Maastricht University (NL)
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (DE)
- Sorbonne Université (FR)
- Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (FR)
- Hospices Civils de Lyon (FR)
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (GB)
- Oncode Institute (NL)
- Universitätsmedizin Göttingen (DE)
- Wojskowy Instytut Medycyny Lotniczej (PL)
- Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital (FR)
- Hôpital Edouard Herriot (FR)
- University Children's Hospital Tübingen (DE)
- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
- Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IT)
- Addenbrooke's Hospital (GB)
- Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico San Raffaele (IT)
- University College London (GB)
- University of Naples Federico II (IT)
- Freie Universität Berlin (DE)
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
- University of Tübingen (DE)
- Sapienza University of Rome (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Radiology
- Published
- 2026-09-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-026-12836-6
- Primary Topic
- Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00