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Special Section BreaSt imaging Interpreting the Spectrum: Breast Imaging & IT Options Abound their primary task: image interpretation. What’s more, time-savings benefits multiply because radiologists are more apt to review analog priors, which, in turn, lowers the recall rate. Diagnostic options abound and advance Breast imagers have a wealth of diagnostic imaging options at their disposal. The common threads among all options: each plays a valuable role and all are on a continuous improvement path. Take for example breast MRI. “Over the last several years, we’ve seen a large explosion and interest in breast MRI,” notes Dan White, MD, medical director of Mount Carmel Imaging Center in Columbus, Ohio. White attributes the upswing to two factors: new American Cancer Society guidelines recommending annual breast MRIs for high-risk women and improved equipment. In addition, breast MRI fills other roles. University of California, Irvine Medical Center uses Aurora Imaging Technology Aurora Breast MRI to fill multiple diagnostic roles including post-diagnosis to determine the extent and size of breast cancer and to determine residual disease after biopsy. Mount Carmel Imaging Center uses GE Healthcare Signa MRI equipped with VIBRANT technology in conjunction with Sentinelle Medical coils. VIBRANT, coupled with the newest eight-channel coils, helps counter the competing needs of breast MRI imaging. The optimal breast MRI produces detailed, highresolution images, which requires a longer acquisition time. The challenge, however, is that malignancies enhance early and rapidly, so abnormal tissue tends to blend into normal tissue during longer acquisition scans. Higher coil technology allows more signal, which can be exchanged for higher resolution or shorter time. “We can characterize cancers better and earlier, find in situ cancer and better differentiate benign and malignant tissue. We’ve found otherwise invisible cancers with this technology,” explains White. He expects additional improvements when Mount Carmel deploys a 16-channel coil later his year. Breast MRI partially shares its niche with breast-specific gamma imaging. The George Washington University Medical Center employs Dilon Technologies Dilon 6800 Gamma Camera for multiple indications including newly diagnosed breast cancers, high- MEDRAD Offers Breast MRI Education MEDRAD is pleased to offer our complimentary DVD continuing education program on performing breast imaging procedures, Breast MRI: What You Need to Know featuring Dr. David Bluemke, Clinical Director, MRI Johns Hopkins Hospital and Professor of Radiology and Medicine - Johns Hopkins University. Order your free DVD and take the online test: www.medrad.com/products/mr/mrseminars.html Approved for 1 CE Category A credit by SMRT. Every year, MEDRAD MR Injection Systems help create over 2 million images. Beginning with the introduction of the first injector technology for MR imaging, MEDRAD has been a leader in providing solutions that clinicians worldwide rely on to diagnose and treat patients. MEDRAD is proud to support continuing education and to provide tools that help you deliver the high level of care your patients have come to expect. Breast MRI: What You Need To Know CE Accredited Program A one hour seminar for clinicians involved in Breast MRI David A. Bluemke, MD, PhD Professor of Radiology and Medicine John Hopkins University Program Release Date 5/1/208 Program Expiration Date 5/1/2010 © 2008 MEDRAD, INC. All Rights Reserved. 22 Health Imaging & IT | august 2008 Healthimaging.com http://www.medrad.com/products/mr/mrseminars.html http://www.medrad.com/products/mr/mrseminars.html http://HealthImaging.com

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