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Breast Cancer
New breast magnetic resonance imaging technique endorsed
February 14th, 2006
Three-phase dynamic breast magnetic resonance (MR) imaging with 2-way subtraction was proposed as a new and promising imaging technique. "This study was undertaken to introduce a new breast MR imaging technique, 3-phase dynamic MR imaging with 2-way subtraction, and to examine the morphologic and kinetic features of malignant and benign breast lesions using this technique," scientists in South Korea reported. "In 99 breasts from 89 consecutive women with suspicious breast lesions (age range: 32-72 years, mean=48.2 years), MR imaging was performed using a fat-saturated, sagittal, gradient-echo sequence in 3 phases (1 precontrast and 2 postcontrast...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2006-02-14)
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