Practical MR mammography : high-resolution MRI of the breast / Uwe Fischer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fischer, Uwe, MD

Standardized Title:

Atlas der MR-Mammographie. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Breast--Magnetic resonance imaging.

Breast.

Mammography--methods.

Breast Neoplasms--diagnosis.

Magnetic Resonance Imaging--methods.

Medical Subjects:

Mammography--methods.

Breast Neoplasms--diagnosis.

Magnetic Resonance Imaging--methods.

Physical Description:

xii, 285 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Stuttgart ; New York : Thieme, [2012]

Language Note:

Translated from German.

Summary:

"While the first edition of this book was written during my 9 years working at the University of Gt̲tingen in the field of MR mammography, this second edition reflects not only the innovative changes in the performance and analysis of MR mammography but also my new vantage point modified by the shift of my working field. The current edition includes all the experience I have accumulated during the last 7 years of work at the Women's Health Care Center, Gt̲tingen. In this frame of reference, where individualized and optimal diagnostic strategies are implemented for the early detection of breast cancer, MR mammography has increasingly earned a central role. It has also shown itself to be the most reliable diagnostic method for staging and follow-up after breast cancer"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

History of MR mammography

Preparing and informing the patient

Technique and methods

Tumor angiogenesis and breast MRI

Diagnostic criteria

Artifacts and sources of error

Normal findings in breast MRI

Benign changes

Postoperative/posttraumatic changes

Borderline lesions

Intraductal carcinomas

Malignant changes

Lymph node diagnostics

Autologous and prosthetic breast reconstruction

Breast MRI in men

MRI-guided interventions

Indications for breast MRI

Differential diagnosis and strategy

Quality assurance

Current standing, problems, and perspectives of breast MRI.

Notes:

"This book is an authorized translation of the 2nd German edition published and copyrighted 2010 by Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart. Title of the German edition: Atlas der MR-Mammographie. Hochauflösende Mamma-MRT."--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783131320322

313132032X

OCLC:

769419795