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How and why a generation of radiologists must be trained to accurately interpret prostate mpMRI

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  1. Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, DUMC, Box 3808, Durham, NC, 27710, USA

    Rajan T. Gupta

  2. Duke Cancer Institute, DUMC, Box 3494, 20 Duke Medicine Circle, Durham, NC, 27710, USA

    Rajan T. Gupta

  3. Department of Radiology, University of Minnesota Medical Center, MMC 292, 420 East Delaware Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA

    Benjamin Spilseth

  4. Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St. SW, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA

    Adam T. Froemming

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Rajan T. Gupta, MD, declares that he has no conflict of interest. In the interest of full disclosure, Dr. Gupta is a consultant for Invivo Corp. and Bayer Pharma AG and is a member of the Speakers Bureau for Bayer Pharma AG. Drs. Spileth and Froemming declare that neither has a conflict of interest.

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This project was performed at the Departments of Radiology at Duke University Medical Center, University of Minnesota, and Mayo Clinic—Rochester.

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Gupta, R.T., Spilseth, B. & Froemming, A.T. How and why a generation of radiologists must be trained to accurately interpret prostate mpMRI. Abdom Radiol 41, 803–804 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-016-0745-4

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