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Prostate MRI and quality: lessons learned from breast imaging rad–path correlation

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Radiologic–pathologic correlation of Prostate Imaging Reporting & Data System (PI-RADS) scores ensures local quality and offers opportunities to improve future iterations of the reporting system. Tracking positive predictive values of lesion-targeted biopsies helps provide generalizable population-level risks associated with each PI-RADS category and can highlight the sources of variation. While this process of formalized pathologic correlation is somewhat new to abdominal radiology, we are fortunate to have a model to follow which was developed by our colleagues in breast imaging. If the success and multi-national adoption of BI-RADS is an indicator, building a scoring system anchored on a histologic reference is an important step to ensuring diagnostic quality and reliability.

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  1. Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, 1500 E Medical Center Dr, B2 A209P, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-5030, USA

    Prasad R. Shankar, Matthew S. Davenport & Mark A. Helvie

  2. Michigan Radiology Quality Collaborative, University of Michigan, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA

    Prasad R. Shankar & Matthew S. Davenport

  3. Department of Urology, Michigan Medicine, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA

    Matthew S. Davenport

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Shankar, P.R., Davenport, M.S. & Helvie, M.A. Prostate MRI and quality: lessons learned from breast imaging rad–path correlation. Abdom Radiol 45, 4028–4030 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-019-02343-2

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