Magnetic resonance imaging of breast cancer: Clinical indications and breast MRI reporting system

The Role of Diffusion-Weighted Imaging and the Apparent Diffusion Coefficient (ADC) Values for Breast Tumors

“…To improve the sensitivity of detecting breast cancer, several diverse techniques are used for breast MRI (11). In particular, dynamic-enhanced MRI provides for evaluating multiple foci of carcinoma in the breast and it displays extremely high sensitivity for identifying breast cancer (11, 12, 14-16). However, dynamic-enhanced breast MRI has some disadvantages such as being time-consuming and costly, the possible side effects of the contrast media and the relative low specificity compared to mammography and ultrasonography(11, 12, 14-16).…”

“…Breast MRI has widely used for the detection, diagnosis and staging of breast cancer (11-14). T1- and T2-weighted images are routinely performed before dynamic contrast-enhanced imaging.…”

Advanced Technology and Diagnostic Strategy for Breast Cancer

“…11 An international group of experts in breast MRI has developed a lexicon for interpretation to assist the radiologist in identifying features that may differentiate suspiciousappearing from benign-appearing lesions. [12][13][14] These guidelines have been published by the American College of Radiology. The lexicon describes both morphologic and kinetic features of lesions.…”

MRI-directed, wire-localized breast excisions: incidence of malignancy and recommendations for pathologic evaluation

“…The first applications of contrastenhanced MRI to breast imaging occurred over a decade ago, and since that time improved technology and the ability to target and biopsy lesions solely identified by MRI have increased the use of this technique [13]. Breast MRI has a higher sensitivity than conventional methods of breast evaluation, such as clinical examination, mammography, and ultrasound (US) [3,14].…”