OnQ Prostate MRI — AI-Assisted Cancer Detection
AI-powered prostate MRI analysis that improves cancer detection accuracy, reduces unnecessary biopsies, and gives your urologist a detailed risk map for better treatment decisions.
What Is OnQ Prostate?
OnQ Prostate is AI software by Avenda Health that analyzes multiparametric MRI (mpMRI) data to create a detailed risk stratification map of the prostate. It identifies areas most likely to contain clinically significant cancer, assigns risk scores to specific regions, and provides your urologist with actionable data for treatment planning — whether that means active surveillance, targeted biopsy, or definitive treatment.
Why Prostate MRI + AI Is Better Than Biopsy Alone
Traditional prostate biopsy is a "blind" procedure — the urologist takes 12 random tissue samples hoping to hit a cancerous area. This approach misses up to 30% of clinically significant cancers and over-detects insignificant cancers that may never need treatment.
Fewer Unnecessary Biopsies
MRI with AI can identify men who are unlikely to have significant cancer, potentially sparing them an invasive biopsy entirely.
Better Cancer Detection
When biopsy is needed, AI-generated risk maps guide the urologist to the most suspicious areas — increasing the detection rate of clinically significant cancer.
Smarter Treatment Decisions
Detailed risk stratification helps distinguish aggressive cancers that need treatment from low-grade cancers that can be safely monitored.
PI-RADS Scoring and How AI Enhances It
Prostate MRI is interpreted using the PI-RADS scoring system (Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System), which rates lesions from 1 to 5:
OnQ Prostate AI enhances PI-RADS by providing voxel-level risk analysis — going beyond a single score to map cancer probability across the entire gland. This is especially valuable for PI-RADS 3 lesions where the clinical decision is most uncertain.
Who Needs a Prostate MRI with OnQ?
- Men age 50+ with elevated PSA levels
- Men with a family history of prostate cancer
- Patients on active surveillance for known low-grade prostate cancer
- Men with prior negative biopsy but persistently elevated PSA
- Patients whose urologist recommends imaging before biopsy
Prostate MRI with OnQ at AMI
Available on Both 1.5T and 3T MRI
OnQ analysis is available on both of our MRI systems. Your physician and our scheduling team will determine the best option based on your clinical needs.
Multiparametric Protocol
Our prostate MRI protocol includes T2-weighted imaging, diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI), and dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) sequences — the full multiparametric dataset that OnQ requires for optimal analysis.
AI-Enhanced Interpretation
After imaging, OnQ processes your mpMRI data to generate a risk stratification map. Our radiologist interprets the images alongside the AI analysis for a comprehensive report.
Results to Your Urologist Within 48 Hours
The complete report — including PI-RADS scores, AI risk maps, and the radiologist's interpretation — is delivered to your urologist, typically within 48 hours.
Frequently Asked Questions
A standard prostate MRI produces detailed images that a radiologist interprets visually. OnQ Prostate adds an AI layer that analyzes the multiparametric MRI data to generate a risk map — highlighting areas most likely to harbor clinically significant cancer. It enhances the radiologist's reading, not replaces it.
OnQ Prostate helps determine whether a biopsy is necessary. If the AI analysis and PI-RADS score suggest low risk, your urologist may recommend active surveillance instead of biopsy. If a biopsy is needed, the AI risk map helps target the most suspicious areas for more accurate tissue sampling.
Yes. A prostate MRI with OnQ analysis requires a physician order — typically from a urologist or primary care doctor. Your doctor should specify multiparametric prostate MRI with AI analysis.
Yes. At AMI, OnQ Prostate analysis is available on both our 1.5T and 3T MRI scanners. Your physician and our scheduling team will determine which scanner is most appropriate for your exam.
Results are typically sent to your urologist within 48 hours. The report includes the radiologist's interpretation, PI-RADS scores, and the OnQ AI risk analysis.
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