Vascularity assessment of breast lesions with gadolinium-enhanced MR imaging.
Gadolinium-enhanced MR imaging of the breast can be used to characterize both tumor morphology and vascularity. An empirical three-point method using high resolution three-dimensional MR imaging that combines high spatial resolution with an estimate of tumor pharmacokinetics is described. This technique appears to improve diagnostic specificity of breast MR imaging and may provide a noninvasive method of tumor characterization of prognostic value.
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Magnetic Resonance Science Center, Department of Radiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143-1290, USA.
D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003287:Contrast Media; D005260:Female; D005682:Gadolinium / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic / Q000175:diagnosis*
D003287:Contrast Media; D005682:Gadolinium