Imaging

Whole-Body Diffusion-weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging (WB-DW-MRI) is an advanced, non-invasive imaging technique that uses the biophysical properties of water molecule movement within tissues to produce images, reflecting tissue cell density and tissue architecture.

Finding out if there is cancer in the prostate and if it is clinically significant has been a major problem because it is hard to image the organ. But magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has that capability – and the development of MRI technology and its applications including the prostate are European stories. However, proponents have had to battle resistance to its use by some urologists.