title: MRI-guided vacuum-assisted breast biopsy performed at 3 T with a 9-gauge needle: preliminary experience.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to test the feasibility of 3-T vacuum-assisted large-bore core biopsy of lesions detected with MRI of the breast.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our preliminary experience revealed that 3-T MRI-guided vacuum-assisted biopsy is a safe and effective interventional method that enables accurate biopsy of lesions identified with a 3-T MRI system. Artifacts on 3-T images did not result in failed biopsy; therefore, 3-T MRI systems can be used reliably for both diagnostic and interventional breast studies.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Radiology and Breast Imaging, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Unit 1350, Houston, TX 77030, USA. basak.dogan@mdanderson.org
authors.forename: Basak E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Dogan
authors.forename: C Huong
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Le-Petross
authors.forename: Jason R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Stafford
authors.forename: Neely
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Atkinson
authors.forename: Gary J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Whitman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016477:Artifacts; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D006801:Humans; D053783:Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Interventional / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014618:Vacuum