Main description:

A practical, systematic guide to performing and evaluating high-quality breast MRI from one of the world's leading authorities

High-resolution MR mammography is superior to all other breast imaging modalities for the detection of invasive and intraductal breast cancer forms. It plays an important role in the early detection of breast cancer and in the more eff ective evaluation of breast disease, and has proven to be a reliable method for staging and follow-up after a breast cancer diagnosis. Since there are now dedicated materials available for the performance of percutaneous MRI-guided needle biopsies, it is also possible to obtain a histologic diagnosis of findings that are only detected on MRI. The completely revised and expanded second edition of Practical MR Mammography sets out to cover these thematic and technical developments.

Key Features:

Goal-oriented didactic structure throughout: When should breast MRI be performed? How does one proceed during the examination? How does one arrive at a diagnosis precisely and reliably? How can mistakes be avoided?
Now over 1300 completely new, high-quality images produced with the latest equipment
Summarized characteristics of distinct diseases: incidence, etiology, malignant potential, clinical and imaging findings
Inclusion and application of MRI-BIRADS
In-depth and updated coverage of DCIS

This book shows readers how to acquire excellent images and helps improve their image analysis and evaluation skills. It provides clear answers to all questions pertaining to MR mammography and support for special problems.

Contents:

1 History of MR Mammography

2 Preparing and Informing the Patient

3 Techniques and Methods

4 Tumor Angiogenesis and Breast MRI

5 Diagnostic Criteria

6 Artifacts and Sources of Error

7 Normal Findings in Breast MRI

8 Benign Changes

9 Postoperative/Posttraumatic Changes

10 Borderline Lesions

11 Intraductal Carcinomas

12 Malignant Changes

13 Lymph Node Diagnostics

14 Autologous and Prosthetic Breast Reconstruction

15 Breast MRI in Men

16 MRI-Guided Interventions

17 Indications for Breast MRI

18 Differential Diagnosis and Strategy

19 Quality Assurance

20 Current Standing, Problems, and Perspectives of Breast MRI

21 Further Reading