Multiparametric MRI for Localized Prostate Cancer: Lesion Detection and Staging

Table 1

Summary of technical recommendations from the 2012 ESUR guidelines.

Pulse sequence	Slice thickness		In-plane resolution		Parameters
	1.5 T	3.0 T	1.5 T	3.0 T
T2WI	4 mm	3 mm	0.5 × 0.5 mm to 0.7 × 0.7 mm		2- or 3-plane
DWI	5 mm	4 mm	≤2.0 × 2.0 mm	≤1.5 × 1.5 mm	≥3 -values, max -value 1000 s/mm^2
DCE	4 mm		1.0 × 1.0 mm	0.7 × 0.7 mm	≤15 s resolution over 5 min, 3 mL/s injection
MRSI	Optional, requires endorectal coil at 1.5 T, 0.5 cm^3 voxel size, 8 × 8 × 8 phase encoding steps, field-of-view ≥1.5 voxels larger than volume of interest