Journal
EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY
Volume 28, Issue 10, Pages 4407-4417Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-018-5374-6
Keywords
Prostate cancer; MRI scans; Image interpretation; computer assisted; Computer-assisted diagnosis
Funding
- Intramural Research Program of the NIH, National Cancer Institute, Center for Cancer Research [ZIA BC 010655]
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ObjectivesTo evaluate if computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) prior to prostate multi-parametric MRI (mpMRI) can improve sensitivity and agreement between radiologists.MethodsNine radiologists (three each high, intermediate, low experience) from eight institutions participated. A total of 163 patients with 3-T mpMRI from 4/2012 to 6/2015 were included: 110 cancer patients with prostatectomy after mpMRI, 53 patients with no lesions on mpMRI and negative TRUS-guided biopsy. Readers were blinded to all outcomes and detected lesions per PI-RADSv2 on mpMRI. After 5 weeks, readers re-evaluated patients using CAD to detect lesions. Prostatectomy specimens registered to MRI were ground truth with index lesions defined on pathology. Sensitivity, specificity and agreement were calculated per patient, lesion level and zoneperipheral (PZ) and transition (TZ).ResultsIndex lesion sensitivity was 78.2% for mpMRI alone and 86.3% for CAD-assisted mpMRI (p = 0.013). Sensitivity was comparable for TZ lesions (78.7% vs 78.1%; p = 0.929); CAD improved PZ lesion sensitivity (84% vs 94%; p = 0.003). Improved sensitivity came from lesions scored PI-RADS < 3 as index lesion sensitivity was comparable at PI-RADS 3 (77.6% vs 78.1%; p = 0.859). Per patient specificity was 57.1% for CAD and 70.4% for mpMRI (p = 0.003). CAD improved agreement between all readers (56.9% vs 71.8%; p < 0.001).ConclusionsCAD-assisted mpMRI improved sensitivity and agreement, but decreased specificity, between radiologists of varying experience.Key Points center dot Computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) assists clinicians in detecting prostate cancer on MRI.center dot CAD assistance improves agreement between radiologists in detecting prostate cancer lesions.center dot However, this CAD system induces more false positives, particularly for less-experienced clinicians and in the transition zone.center dot CAD assists radiologists in detecting cancer missed on MRI, suggesting a path for improved diagnostic confidence.
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