Reply to Arnaldo Stanzione, Massimo Imbriaco, and Renato Cuocolo`s Letter to the Editor re: Marloes van der Leest, Bas Israël, Eric Bastiaan Cornel, et al. High Diagnostic Performance of Short Magnetic Resonance Imaging Protocols for Prostate Cancer Detection in Biopsy-naïve Men: The Next Step in Magnetic Resonance Imaging Accessibility. Eur Urol 2019;76:574-81. Are We Meeting Our Standards? Stringent Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System Acquisition Requirements Might be Limiting Prostate (European Urology)
We greatly appreciate the thorough analysis of the imaging acquisition parameters of the prostate magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) protocol we used in our study. Prostate Imaging- Reporting and Data System (PI-RADS) v2.0 was designed to standardize image acquisition, interpretation, and reporting [1]. The image acquisition parameters are based on expert consensus and are meant to assist in obtaining optimal prostate MR images. However, there are always minor deviations in consensus-based recommendations among its creators.