Prostate MRI has reached the point of being a mature technology with an established clinical need, so the modality is here to stay. Accordingly, it is incumbent upon the radiology community to find practical solutions for the ongoing variability in interpretation and diagnostic performance of this technique.
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Gupta, R.T., Rosenkrantz, A.B. Prostate MRI can be accurate but can variability be reduced?. Nat Rev Urol 15, 339–340 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41585-018-0002-4
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