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Copyright: ©Author(s) 2026.
World J Radiol. Mar 28, 2026; 18(3): 116826
Published online Mar 28, 2026. doi: 10.4329/wjr.v18.i3.116826
Table 1 Key characteristics of the included studies
Ref.
Year
Country
Number of patients
Center
Field strength (T)
Study design (Re/Pr)
Sequences
Segmentation software
Lesion segmentation
Code/data availability
Biological correlation analysis
Cut-off analyses conducted
Reference standard
Bertelli et al[4]2021Italy112Single1.5TRempMRI without DCEManual segmentation2DYesNoYesTRUSGB and MRGB
Wu et al[5]2019Canada90Single3.0TRempMRI with DCEImageJ (v.1.48, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD)2DYesYesYesRP
Urakami et al[6]2022Japan101Single3.0TRempMRI with DCEManual segmentation3DYesNoYesRP
Nketiah et al[7]2021Norway96Multicenter3.0TRempMRI with DCEManual segmentation3DYesYesYesRP
Jensen et al[8]2019Denmark182Single3.0TRempMRI without DCEManual segmentation3DYesYesYesTRUSGB
Gong et al[23]2022China489Single3.0TRempMRI without DCEITK-SNAP, version 3.4.03DYesNoYesRP
Castillo T et al[13]2021Netherlands644Multicenter3.0TRempMRI without DCEManual segmentation3DYesYesYesSTRUSGB
Castillo T et al[14]2021Netherlands204Multicenter3.0T and 1.5TRempMRI without DCEManual segmentation3DYesNoYesRP
Orczyk et al[15]2019United Kingdom20Multicenter1.5TRempMRI with DCEManual segmentation3DYesYesYesRP
Damascelli et al[50]2021Italy102Single1.5TRempMRI without DCEManual segmentation3DYesYesYesRP
Niu et al[51]2018China184Single1.5TRempMRI without DCEManual segmentation3DYesNoYesNR
Peng et al[52]2021China194Single1.5TRempMRI with DCEManual segmentation3DYesYesYesRP
Zhang et al[24]2021China139Single3.0TRempMRI without DCEOpen source, ITK-SNAP3DYesYesYesRP
Han et al[25]2021China176Single3.0TRempMRI with DCEITK-SNAP, Toolbox v3.6.03DYesNoYesMRI-TRUS biopsy
Gong et al[26]2020China489Single3.0TRempMRI without DCEITK-SNAP v.3.4.03DYesYesYesRP
Cheng et al[27]2023China226Single3.0TRempMRI with DCEITKSNAP software3DYesNoYesSTRUSGB and MRGB
Min et al[28]2019China280Single3.0TRempMRI without DCEITK-SNAP software3DYesYesYesRP
Li et al[29]2020China381Single3.0TRempMRI with DCEManual segmentation3DYesYesYesRP
Bonekamp et al[10]2018Germany316Single3.0TPrmpMRI without DCEThe medical imaging toolkit3DYesNoYesRP
Zhang et al[30]2022China142Single3.0TRempMRI with DCEITK-SNAP software3DYesYesYesSTRUSGB and MRGB
Liu et al[31]2021United States402Single3.0TRempMRI without DCEManual segmentation3DYesNoYesRP
Hou et al[32]2020China263Single3.0TRempMRI without DCEManual segmentation3DYesYesYesRP
Bleker et al[11]2021Netherlands206Single3.0TPrmpMRI with DCEManual segmentation2DYesNoYesRP
Xiong et al[53]2021China85Single1.5TRempMRI without DCEManual segmentation3DYesYesYesRP
Yang et al[33]2023China392Single3.0TRempMRI without DCEITK-SNAP software3DYesYesYesRP
Bleker et al[16]2020Netherlands262Multicenter3.0TRempMRI without DCEManual segmentation2DYesNoYesSTRUSGB and MRGB
Woźnicki et al[20]2020Germany191Single3.0TRempMRI without DCEBoard-certified radiologist (D.N.)3DYesYesYesRP
Bevilacqua et al[34]2021Italy76Single3.0TRempMRI without DCEManual segmentation3DYesNoYesRP
Donisi et al[21]2021Italy299Single3.0TRempMRI without DCEManual segmentation2DYesYesYesTRUSGB
Zhou et al[17]2023China170Multicenter3.0TRempMRI without DCEITK-SNAP software3DYesNoYesTRUSGB
Chen et al[35]2019China381Single3.0TRempMRI without DCEManual segmentation3DYesYesYesTRUSGB
Fehr et al[36]2015United States147Single3.0TRempMRI without DCEManual segmentation3DYesYesYesRP
Roest et al[18]2023Netherlands1513Multicenter3.0T and 1.5TRempMRI without DCEManual segmentation3DYesNoYesRP
Algohary et al[37]2018United States301Single3.0TRempMRI without DCEManual segmentation3DYesYesYesRP
Zhang et al[38]2021China140Single3.0TRempMRI with DCEManual segmentation2DYesNoYesTTSB
Isaksson et al[39]2020Italy121Single3.0TRempMRI with DCEManual segmentation3DYesYesYesRP
Tanadini-Lang et al[40]2018Switzerland47Single3.0TRempMRI with DCEManual segmentation3DYesNoYesRP
Bourbonne et al[41]2020United States195Single3.0TRempMRI with DCEManual segmentation3DYesYesYesRP
McGarry et al[12]2022United States48Single3.0TPrmpMRI with DCEManual segmentation2DYesNoYesRP
Penzias et al[42]2018United States34Single3.0TRempMRI without DCEManual segmentation3DYesYesYesNR
Daniel et al[19]2019Austria42Multicenter3.0TRempMRI without DCEManual segmentation3DYesNoYesNR
Wang et al[22]2017China54Single3.0TRempMRI with DCEManual segmentation3DYesYesYesTRUSGB
Jung et al[43]2020Korea68Single3.0TRempMRI with DCEManual segmentation3DYesYesYesTRUSGB and RP
Stoyanova et al[44]2016United States46Single3.0TRempMRI with DCEManual segmentation3DYesNoYesTRUSGB and RP
Schieda et al[45]2021Canada76Single3.0TRempMRI with DCEManual segmentation3DYesYesYesRP
Ginsburg et al[46]2017United States54Single3.0TRempMRI without DCEManual segmentation3DYesNoYesRP
Shiradkar et al[47]2018United States120Single3.0TRempMRI without DCEManual segmentation3DYesYesYesRP
Zhang et al[48]2019China140Single3.0TRempMRI with DCEManual segmentation3DYesNoYesTRUSGB and MRGB
Toivonen et al[49]2019Finland72Single3.0TRempMRI without DCEManual segmentation3DYesYesYesTRUSGB and RP


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