Active surveillance for prostate cancer: expanding the role of MR imaging and the use of PRECISE criteria

C Englman, T Barrett, CM Moore… - Radiologic …, 2024 - radiologic.theclinics.com
Active surveillance (AS) is a conservative management approach increasingly used for
patients with low-and intermediate-risk prostate cancer (PCa). 1 It is an alternative to active …

Contemporary Approach to Prostate Imaging and Data Reporting System Score 3 Lesions

J Abreu-Gomez, C Lim, MA Haider - Radiologic Clinics, 2024 - radiologic.theclinics.com
The Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System (PI-RADS) initially released in 2012 1 with
subsequent revisions in 2016 and 2019, 2, 3 represents a score based system created in …

Soft robotics for physical simulators, artificial organs and implantable assistive devices

D Zrinscak, L Lorenzon, M Maselli… - Progress in Biomedical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
In recent years, soft robotics technologies enabled the development of a new generation of
biomedical devices. The combination of elastomeric materials with tunable properties and …

hydrogel‐based mimics of prostate cancer with matched relaxation, diffusion and kurtosis for validating multi‐parametric MRI

D Malyarenko, S Ono, TJE Lynch… - Medical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Protocol standardization and optimization for clinical translation of emerging
quantitative multiparametric (mp) MRI biomarkers of high‐risk prostate cancer requires …

Variability in contrast and apparent diffusion coefficient of kiwifruit used as prostate MRI phantom: 1-week validation

T Hayashi, S Yano, S Kojima, T Ito - Radiological Physics and Technology, 2022 - Springer
Kiwifruit has been proposed as a phantom for prostate magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to
adjust multiparametric MRI factors. This study evaluated the variability in contrasts and …

Efficient Quantification of In-Vivo 23Na Magnetic Resonance Imaging

A Adlung - 2022 - archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de
The tissue sodium concentration (TSC) can be obtained from quantitative sodium (23Na)
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). It provides valuable information about tissue …

An Inverse Treatment Planning System for Robotic Seed Brachytherapy

P Aumüller - 2024 - archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de
Seed-Brachytherapy (BT) is a guideline-conformal therapy for low-risk prostate cancer,
which relies on the implantation of small radioactive sources (seeds) by interstitial needle …