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The use of prostate MRI for prostate cancer evaluation continues to rise and ensuring minimum quality standards across practices will enable optimal diagnostic accuracy and thus, patient care. The American College of Radiology has been working on quality standards to meet Prostate MRI Designated Center, which is expected to launch in late 2020. We discuss the background of the American College of Radiology Prostate MRI working group’s effort and summarize the criteria for Prostate MRI Designation.
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We would like to thank Society of Abdominal Radiology Disease Focused Panel Clinical Subcommittee members, specifically Drs. Steven Eberhardt, Andrei Purysko, Prasad Shankar, Lori Mankowski-Gettle.
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Tan, N., Lakshmi, M., Hernandez, D. et al. Upcoming American College of Radiology prostate MRI designation launching: what to expect. Abdom Radiol 45, 4109–4111 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-020-02725-x
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