Preliminary results of a simplified breast MRI protocol to characterize breast lesions: comparison with a full diagnostic protocol and a review of the current literature
… of the postcontrast timing on lesion kinetics assessment and … breast lesions at 4.5 and 7.5
minutes, with malignant lesions showing a greater percentage washout at the later postcontrast …
minutes, with malignant lesions showing a greater percentage washout at the later postcontrast …
Contrast-enhanced MR imaging of breast lesions and effect on treatment
K Schelfout, M Van Goethem, E Kersschot… - European Journal of …, 2004 - Elsevier
… with preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in patients with suspect breast lesions
and the … Two hundred and four consecutive women with suspect breast lesions on clinical …
and the … Two hundred and four consecutive women with suspect breast lesions on clinical …
Magnetic resonance spectroscopy of the breast at 3T: pre‐and post‐contrast evaluation for breast lesion characterization
… Conventional breast MRI has shown diagnostic sensitivities of 94–99% for screening breast
lesions… have been reported, resulting in many unnecessary biopsies of benign lesions [1, 2]. …
lesions… have been reported, resulting in many unnecessary biopsies of benign lesions [1, 2]. …
Follow-up of breast lesions detected by MRI not biopsied due to absent enhancement of contrast medium
L Hefler, J Casselman, B Amaya, A Heinig… - European …, 2003 - Springer
… could be identified (3 cases), or if the radiologist was uncertain (1 case), the scheduled biopsy
procedure was aborted after the initial pre- and postcontrast MR-imaging and a repeat MR …
procedure was aborted after the initial pre- and postcontrast MR-imaging and a repeat MR …
Clinical role of breast MRI now and going forward
D Leithner, GJ Wengert, TH Helbich, S Thakur… - Clinical radiology, 2018 - Elsevier
… weighted MRI at 3.0 T differentiates malignant breast lesions … (a) Sagittal T1-weighted
fat-suppressed post-contrast MRI of … (b) Sagittal T1-weighted fat-suppressed post-contrast MRI of …
fat-suppressed post-contrast MRI of … (b) Sagittal T1-weighted fat-suppressed post-contrast MRI of …
Breast DCE-MRI: influence of postcontrast timing on automated lesion kinetics assessments and discrimination of benign and malignant lesions
… The choice of delayed postcontrast timing more strongly affects the kinetics assessments
for … benign breast lesions, but our results suggest that a shortened breast DCE-MRI protocol …
for … benign breast lesions, but our results suggest that a shortened breast DCE-MRI protocol …
Comparison of detectability of breast cancer by abbreviated breast MRI based on diffusion-weighted images and postcontrast MRI
T Yamada, Y Kanemaki, S Okamoto… - Japanese Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
… postcontrast MRI (lower). The MIP image from DWI showed … lesions in the outer upper
quadrant of the left breast (circle). The MIP image from the postcontrast MRI also shows the lesion (…
quadrant of the left breast (circle). The MIP image from the postcontrast MRI also shows the lesion (…
… breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI): first postcontrast subtracted images and maximum-intensity projection—a novel approach to breast cancer screening with …
CK Kuhl, S Schrading, K Strobel, HH Schild… - Journal of Clinical …, 2014 - ascopubs.org
… An MRI acquisition time of 3 minutes and an expert radiologist MIP image reading time of 3
seconds are sufficient to establish the absence of breast cancer, with an NPV of 99.8%. With …
seconds are sufficient to establish the absence of breast cancer, with an NPV of 99.8%. With …
Use of clinical MRI maximum intensity projections for improved breast lesion classification with deep convolutional neural networks
N Antropova, H Abe, ML Giger - Journal of Medical Imaging, 2018 - spiedigitallibrary.org
… classification based on MIP images significantly outperforms lesion classification based on
either a single slice second postcontrast MRI or a single slice second postcontrast subtraction …
either a single slice second postcontrast MRI or a single slice second postcontrast subtraction …