title: Breast magnetic resonance imaging: current clinical indications.
abstract: Breast magnetic resonance (MR) is highly sensitive in the detection of invasive breast malignancies. As technology improves, as interpretations and reporting by radiologists become standardized through the development of guidelines by expert consortiums, and as scientific investigation continues, the indications and uses of breast MR as an adjunct to mammography continue to evolve. This article discusses the current clinical indications for breast MR including screening for breast cancer, diagnostic indications for breast MR, and MR guidance for interventional procedures.
authors.affiliation: Division of Breast Imaging, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, RA Building-014, Boston, MA 02115, USA. eyeh@partners.org
authors.forename: Eren D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Yeh
mesh_terms: D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology; D018427:Breast Implants; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D016462:Mammaplasty; D020360:Neoadjuvant Therapy; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012307:Risk Factors; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity