Technologic advances in breast imaging. Current and future strategies, controversies, and opportunities.
This article summarizes current strategies for breast imaging in the diagnosis of breast cancer. It describes how technologic advances, particularly image-guided percutaneous core biopsies, are rapidly changing these strategies. Sonography now plays a major role in the diagnosis of breast cancer. The future roles for MR imaging and scintimammography are also discussed.
Hall
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Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
D001706:Biopsy; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008327:Mammography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi; D014463:Ultrasonography
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi