Keywords:
Breast, MR, Acceptance testing, Comparative studies, Diagnostic procedure, Economics, Patterns of Care
Authors:
S. A. H. hassanein, R. Habib; Shibin El Kom/EG
DOI:
10.26044/ecr2019/C-0560
Conclusion
The purpose of this study was to evaluate an abbreviated breast MRI protocol formed of the first subtracted post-contrast image and its MIP as an alternative to the full diagnostic protocol in screening for malignancy in order to make breast MRI a cost-effective tool since it has the highest sensitivity for cancer detection.
The proposed abbreviated protocol was able to detect all the malignant lesions in the study with a PPV of 100% and with 83% reduction in scan time as well as significant reduction of the reading time from an average of 15 minutes to an average of 25 seconds.
In conclusion,
an abbreviated breast MRI protocol can be used as a good negative scan for screening of high risk patients since it showed marked reduction in scan time as well as the reading time with nearly equal detection rates of different breast lesions