Multiparametric Prostate Magnetic Resonance Imaging is an examination performed on a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanner and is currently the most accurate method for diagnosing, detecting, staging and monitoring prostate cancer patients.
It is a painless examination that focuses only on imaging the prostate gland, lasting approximately 30 minutes and with the patient lying supine.
Multiparametric prostate tomography allows in many cases to avoid a biopsy, while in those who need a biopsy, MRI can better show which area of the prostate needs to be examined. In this way, it also avoids taking a random sample from the gland, making the whole procedure less painful and less bloody.