1H-MR Spectroscopy and Diffusion-Weight Imaging of the Human Prostate at 3.0T Using Body Arrayed Coils

Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) of the human brain is well established with 1.5T MRI. DWI is now used also for other regions than the brain, and especially focused on prostate cancer detection as a promising tool. On the other hand, 1H-MR spectroscopy of the human prostate has been used also for detection and localization of prostate cancer. One disadvantage of 1.5T prostate spectroscopy is the use of a special, endorectal coil. We detected and identified the prostate cancer by DWI and 3D 1H-MRS with a 3.0T MRI machine with a set of body arrayed coils and without an endorectal coil.