BREAST MRI

Breast MRI may be performed for a number of reasons. It is an adjunct to the conventional evaluation of the breasts. Follow-up breast cancer screening using MRI can track and catch some of the smallest, early breast cancers in high-risk women while the cancers are most susceptible to treatment. Breast MRI can detect small lesions that may not be as apparent on mammography, and can successfully image dense breast tissue (common in younger women) and breast implants. Each exam produces many images of the breast, cross-sectional in all three dimensions (side-to-side, top-to-bottom, and front-to-back). Pathologies of the breast are often more conspicuous following injection of a contrast agent.

More information on these tests:
Patient Information Guide to Breast MRI
MRI-Guided Breast Biopsy
Guidelines for Ordering Breast MRI