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Normal Anatomy of Prostate

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T1 and T2 relaxation times are MR-specific intrinsic properties of tissue. These characteristic times affect all MR images, and MR images are made intentionally more sensitive to differences in T1 or T2 relaxation times, or in other words, are T1 or T2 “weighted.” Prostate anatomy is best depicted on high resolution, small field of view, T2 weighted images. Using three-plane T2 weighted images in sagittal, coronal and axial planes, it is possible to visualize the different zones of prostate as described by McNeal.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

    Ananya Panda

  2. Fred Jenner Hodges Professor and Chair, Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Vikas Gulani

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  1. Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

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  2. Fred Jenner Hodges Professor and Chair, Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Vikas Gulani

  3. Professor and Chair, Urology Institute, Leo and Charlotte Goldberg Chair of Advanced Surgical Therapies, Master Clinician in Urologic Oncology, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA

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Panda, A., Gulani, V. (2020). Normal Anatomy of Prostate. In: Panda, A., Gulani, V., Ponsky, L. (eds) Reading MRI of the Prostate. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99357-7_2

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