Assessment of ADC Values and Radiomics Characteristics With a MRI of the Prostate to Identify Tumor Lesions

The radiologist involved in this observational study will enroll the participants, collect their informed consent and radiological data.

The urologist will collect the clinical data while the Anatomo-pathologist will take care of the hystological data.

The ADC values of the suspected lesions and healthy parenchyma will be extracted from the MR exams. For the evaluation of radiometric characteristics, images will first be de-identified, the downloaded and processed by the hospital's medical physicists.

The engineers at the University of Bologna, led by medical investigators, will extract the radiomic characteristics All data will be anonymised and collected in a database shared between the collaborating operational units.

Inclusion criteria

• Presence of one or more lesions classified as PI-RADSv2.1 ≥ 3 at a prostate RMmp at the IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria in Bologna
• Indication for eco-guided targeted biopsy by fusion technique integrated with systematic biopsy
• Indication for radical prostatectomy
• Participants aged 18 at the time of examination
• Obtaining informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

• Impossibility of performing MRI (claustrophobic or obese participants etc.) or contraindications to the execution of MRI
• Technically sub-optimal investigations for the presence of artifacts (hip prosthesis, movement of the endorectal probe, etc.)