The Role of Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging and the Vesical Imaging-Reporting and Data System (VI-RADS) in the Management of Patients with Bladder Cancer: Vision of the American College of Radiology VI-RADS Steering Committee.

The American College of Radiology Vesical Imaging-Reporting and Data System (VI-RADS) Steering Committee will strive to ensure high-quality imaging practices for bladder cancer (BC) and improve outcomes for BC patients. Work will involve evaluation of the current status of magnetic resonance imaging for BC and identify actionable areas to improve its utility in clinical practice. Current VI-RADS gaps related to unmet clinical needs, research areas to address, and future steps and timelines will be identified.

European urology. 2024 Sep 23 [Epub ahead of print]

Valeria Panebianco, Alberto Briganti, Jason Efstathiou, Samuel Galgano, Lyndon Luk, Valdair Francisco Muglia, Bernadette Redd, Maarten de Rooij, Mitsuru Takeuchi, Sungmin Woo, J Alfred Witjes, Hebert Alberto Vargas

Department of Radiological Sciences, Oncology and Pathology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: ., Unit of Urology/Division of Oncology, Urological Research Institute, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy., Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA., Department of Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, USA., Department of Radiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA., Department of Medical Images, Radiation Therapy, Oncology and Hematology, Ribeirao Preto Medical School, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil., Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA., Department of Medical Imaging, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands., Department of Radiology, Radiolonet Tokai, Nagoya, Japan., Department of Radiology, New York University Langone Health, New York, NY, USA., Department of Urology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.