Type:
Educational Exhibit
Keywords:
Breast, Radioprotection / Radiation dose, Management, Mammography, MR, Safety, Radiation safety, Education and training
Authors:
G. Aringhieri, C. Sottocornola, D. Caramella; Pisa/IT
DOI:
10.1594/ecr2018/C-1651
Conclusion
This work is the first step towards the creation of a comprehensive "risk-o-meter" aimed at facilitating the communication about the specific risks related to each breast imaging modality.
Our approach will empower women,
allowing them to share with medical doctors the decision about crucial issues concerning their health.
It is fundamental to ensure that the patient fully understand the need to accept a risk (albeit minimal) if one or more exams are necessary to reach a correct senologic diagnosis.
However,
this work is still in progress since other risks should be considered to completely discuss all risk factors that are relevant in breast imaging.
Since the use of breast Dynamic Contrast Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging (DCE-MRI) significantly increased in the last decades,
there are at least two additional risk factors that should be considered: SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) and the correlation between repeat MR examinations and type of contrast media and the occurrence of Gd deposit in the brain.