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      Breast MRI: guidelines from the European Society of Breast Imaging

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          The aim of breast MRI is to obtain a reliable evaluation of any lesion within the breast. It is currently always used as an adjunct to the standard diagnostic procedures of the breast, i.e., clinical examination, mammography and ultrasound. Whereas the sensitivity of breast MRI is usually very high, specificity—as in all breast imaging modalities—depends on many factors such as reader expertise, use of adequate techniques and composition of the patient cohorts. Since breast MRI will always yield MR-only visible questionable lesions that require an MR-guided intervention for clarification, MRI should only be offered by institutions that can also offer a MRI-guided breast biopsy or that are in close contact with a site that can perform this type of biopsy for them. Radiologists involved in breast imaging should ensure that they have a thorough knowledge of the MRI techniques that are necessary for breast imaging, that they know how to evaluate a breast MRI using the ACR BI-RADS MRI lexicon, and most important, when to perform breast MRI. This manuscript provides guidelines on the current best practice for the use of breast MRI, and the methods to be used, from the European Society of Breast Imaging (EUSOBI).

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                Contributors
                +31-24-3614546 , +31-24-3540866 , r.mann@rad.umcn.nl
                kuhl@uni-bonn.de
                Karen.Kinkel@grangettes.ch
                +31-24-3614546 , +31-24-3540866 , c.boetes@rad.umcn.nl
                Journal
                Eur Radiol
                European Radiology
                Springer-Verlag (Berlin/Heidelberg )
                0938-7994
                1432-1084
                4 April 2008
                July 2008
                : 18
                : 7
                : 1307-1318
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Department of Radiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Geert Grooteplein 10, P.O. Box 9101 (667), 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
                [2 ]Department of Radiology, University of Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Strasse 25, 53127 Bonn, Germany
                [3 ]Department of Radiology, Clinique des Grangettes, 7, chemin des Grangettes, 1224 Genève, Switzerland
                Article
                863
                10.1007/s00330-008-0863-7
                2441490
                18389253
                7cce874b-d566-448f-913f-9af9e27fcbe9
                © The Author(s) 2008
                History
                : 4 October 2007
                : 10 December 2007
                : 1 January 2008
                Categories
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                © European Society of Radiology 2008

                Radiology & Imaging
                breast neoplasms,breast,practice guideline,magnetic resonance imaging
                Radiology & Imaging
                breast neoplasms, breast, practice guideline, magnetic resonance imaging

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