MRI OF BREAST

MRI OF BREAST

PROTOCOL (PHILIPS)

1. SURVEY
2. T2W_TSE_HR---------------COR_4MM
3. T2W_TSE-------------------- COR_4 MM
4. T1W_TSE-------------------- COR_4 MM
5. T2W_SPAIR------------------ COR_4 MM
6. DWI_SSh--------------------- COR_4 MM
7. T2W_SPAIR_RIGHT-------- COR_4 MM
8. DWI----------------------------- COR_4 MM
9. T2W_SPAIR_LEFT----------- COR_4 MM
10. dyn_eTHRIVE---------------- COR_4 MM
11. T1W_TSE_FS+C------------- COR_4 MM
12. T1W_TSE_PS+PC_RT------- COR_4 MM
13. T1W_TSE_FS+PC_LT-------- COR_4 MM
14. SV_PRESS_270---------------SV
15. SV_PRESS_270---------------SV

INDICATOIN

1. Identified mass with indeterminate characteristics following mammography or sonography
2. where patient wishes to avoid biopsy
3. Staging for chest wall invasion or lymphadenopathy after cancer diagnosis
4. Dense breasts with difficult to read mammogram based on visualisation
5. Palpable mass with negative mammography/sonography
6. Axillary node metastases with unknown primary
7. Unexplained swollen breast or breast implant
8. To check the response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy
9. To check the extent of infiltrating lobular or ductal carcinoma
10. To check residual disease post-lumpectomy
11. Postoperative tissue reconstruction
12. Dense breasts in the high risk patient
13. For MR guided biopsy
14. Surveillance of high-risk patients
15. Contralateral breast screening
16. Determine extent of disease
17. Recurrence of breast cancer
18. Lesion characterisation

ANATOMY

Breasts

PLANNING

Picture: MRI of Breast Axial Planning.

Picture: MRI of Breast Right Sagittal Planning.

                                     Picture: MRI of Breast Left Sagittal Planning.

Picture: MRI of Breast Coronal Planning. 

RADIOLOGICAL ANATOMY