title: Overview of breast imaging.
abstract: In summary, it is an exciting time in breast imaging with many tools being brought to bear on an ever more common problem. The challenge for this decade will be to develop optimal cost-effective strategies to use all the tools now available with minimal discomfort and disfigurement to the patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland, 419 W Redwood St, Suite 110, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Berg
mesh_terms: D001365:Axilla; D001706:Biopsy; D018427:Breast Implants; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014463:Ultrasonography