… who refused DW sequences (n = 14) were excluded. All other patients (n = 165) gave
informed consent to apply the DW sequences additionally to our normal breast MRI protocol. The …

… ) T2-weighted pulse sequences are not useful for the differential diagnosis in breast MRI. In
… -suppressed T2weighted TSE pulse sequences, fibroadenomas and breast cancers tend to …

… on preinfusion images. Resolution and contrast of MR images obtained with this pulse
sequence appeared to be improved over that achieved with conventional breast MR imaging …

… using an SE RF pulse sequence … using two SE sequences with 1000 msec TA and 30
and 120 msec TE and an IA image with 1000 msec TA, 30 msec TE, and 300 msec TI (inversion …

Of a total of 191 magnetic resonance breast studies performed since March 1984, 82 were …
sequences and fast imaging with steady precession (FISP). These techniques permit imaging …

… imaging with a silicone-selective pulse sequence for detecting leakage from silicone breast
… implants were referred for this study on the basis of clinical or imaging findings suggestive of …

Ten normal volunteers and 45 patients with breast abnormalities were examined with … areas
of asymmetric dysplastic breast tissue. Abnormalities on MR images appeared as areas of …

… Breast MR imaging provides information on a wealth of physical and physiologic tissue
features. The ideal pulse sequence protocol for breast MR should provide all (or as much as …

… Moreover, we are concerned that the pulse sequence parameters proposed by the
correspondents will not solve the problem. A flip angle as low as 6, as suggested, does not provide a …

… of pulse sequences exploiting noncontrast MR imaging … mixed imaging sequence to
characterize breast disease and to study tissue contrast in a variety of histologically confirmed breast …