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The purpose of this analysis is to explore the potential diagnostic gain provided by the viscoelastic shear properties of breast lesions for the improvement of the specificity of contrast enhanced dynamic MR mammography (

In this study, the combination of MRE and ce MRI could increase the diagnostic performance of breast MRI. Further investigations of larger cohorts and smaller lesions (in particular those only visible on MRI) are necessary to validate these results.

A good separation exists between benign and malignant lesions in elasticity, corresponding with specific signal intensity and morphologic data. Further clinical studies with a larger number of patients are needed for extended validation.

The BI-RADS lexicon describes microcalcifications of the breast and provides diagnostic categories that lead to standardized biopsy recommendations. Nevertheless, how to link description to classification of microcalcifications is still a difficult diagnostic task. The evaluation of microcalcifications as proposed in this article may help to set standards in the clinical routine and in the comparability of scientific data.