Breast MRI and Implants
Fig. 6.1 (a) Axial STIR with water suppression (silicone sensitive) MRI image showing bilateral intact silicone implants. Signal from the saline component of the phantom (white arrow) is suppressed. High…
ONCOLOGY
MRI Appearance of Invasive Breast Cancer
Fig. 10.1 Axial and sagittal T1 post contrast images demonstrate an irregularly shaped and irregularly marginated mass with heterogeneous enhancement (arrows). Biopsy demonstrated ER/PR + HER-2- IDC 10.3.2 Her2 Enriched…
Targeted Ultrasound After MRI
Fig. 11.1 Posteriorly located lesion that is not amenable for MRI-guided biopsy. (a) Subtracted sagittal T1W post-contrast image. (b) MRI-directed US from right breast. A 27-year-old woman with BRCA2 gene…
In Situ Disease on Breast MRI
Fig. 9.1 High nuclear grade DCIS in a 47 year old found on screening mammography. (a) CC spot magnification view demonstrates segmental pleomorphic calcifications (b) MRI performed for extent of…
Breast Biopsy and Breast MRI Wire Localization
Fig. 12.1 An axial fat saturated contrast enhanced subtraction image showing a focal area of non mass-like enhancement in the outer right breast (arrow). This was not demonstrated mammographically or…
Abbreviated Breast MRI
Scout/localizer Pre-contrasta Inject 1st post contrasta 2nd post contrasta 3rd post contrasta 4th post contrasta Axial post delayed Non fat sat T1 T2 DWI Full diagnostic MRI x x…
Breast MRI and the Benign Breast Biopsy
Fig. 13.1 Fifty-five-year-old asymptomatic woman undergoing screening breast MRI for elevated lifetime risk of breast cancer due to family history. (a) Axial T1-weighted post-contrast images demonstrated a 5 mm oval…
Problem Solving Breast MRI for Mammographic, Sonographic, or Clinical Findings
Fig. 7.1 Sixty-four year old with a screen recalled asymmetry (arrow) in the medial right breast on the CC view (a), persistent (arrow) on spot compression CC (b), but not…
Personalized Medicine, Biomarkers of Risk and Breast MRI
Fig. 17.1 Axial T1 fat-suppressed images before (a) and after (b) the administration of intravenous contrast in a woman with extremely dense fibroglandular tissue and marked background parenchymal enhancement on…
Breast MRI Technique
Fig. 1.1 Key breast MRI pulse sequences. Thirty-nine year old woman presents for breast MRI to evaluate extent of disease for known invasive ductal carcinoma of the left breast (arrow)….
