Type:
Educational Exhibit
Keywords:
Breast, Oncology, MR, MR-Functional imaging, Mammography, Imaging sequences, Perception image, Radiation therapy / Oncology, Cancer, Neoplasia, Education and training
Authors:
M. Thakur1, A. Mahajan1, S. Juvekar2; 1Mumbai, MAHARASHTRA/IN, 2Mumbai/IN
DOI:
10.1594/ecr2013/C-0479
Conclusion
- It is important for the general radiologist to be familiar with indications and contraindications,
equipment and patient positioning,
imaging basics,
the ACR BI-RADS® lexicon,
common artifacts,
common lesions,
post-treatment evaluation,
and silicone implant evaluation.
- With a focus on the basic imaging principles of breast MRI rather than on mathematical equations,
this exhibit shows a practical approach to imaging protocols that helps radiologists increase their diagnostic effectiveness.
•High sensitivity but low specificity,
has been used like a mantra to characterize MRM.
But results in recent decades suggest that we can greatly increase this limited specificity by extracting and analyzing all of the morphologic and kinetic signs.
•When MRM is interpreted as described in this exhibit,
it can help to alleviate this major health problem by allowing breast cancers to be detected and treated at a earlier,
curable stage.