Principles of MR Mammography

Principles of MR Mammography
Friday, March 20, 2009 - Sunday, March 22, 2009
Boston, MA

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MEETING DESCRIPTION:
Upon completion of this program you should know:

- Advantages of MR-Mammography (MRM)
- Disadvantages of MRM
- Differentiation between benign and malignant lesions
- Tumor angiogenesis
- Tumor doubling time
- Detectability threshold of MRM
- DCIS in MRM
- Chemotherapy in MRM
- In-Flow-Phenomenon
- Effect of menstruation on MRM
- Effect of bleeding
- Effect of hormones
- Differentiation between vessels and lesions
- Definition of malignancy
- Pathological requirements
- Effect of field strength
- Detection of motions
- Clarification by phone
- Preparation for MRM
- Avoiding motion artifacts
- Breast coil quality
- Positioning
- Detection of ferromagnetic implants
- Optimized scan protocol
- Scan orientation
- Optimized echo time
- Detection of tuning parameters
- Role of T2-weighted images
- Effect of dosage
- Normal enhancement
- Security fat line
- Lesion analysis according to shape, margins, internal architecture, septations, distribution, kinetic signal changes
- Localization of a lesion
- Differentiation of vessels
- Advantages and disadvantages of kinetics
- Nipple enhancement
- Loading time
- Diagnostic pitfalls
- Differentiation of fibroadenomas
- Detection of oil cysts
- Cardiac edema
- Identification of a "cancer corner"
- Blooming sign
- Hook sign
- punched-out sign
- T2-Sign
- Edema signs
- Vessel sign
- Ecclipse sign
- Wash-Out-Phenomenon
- Effect of chemotherapy
- False negative results
- Differential diagnosis of unilateral oedema
- Lymph nodes
- Detection of scars
- Detection of radiation effects
- Differential diagnosis of implants and implant ruptures
- Description of lesions around implants
- Delineation of hormone effects
- Differential diagnosis of hormone effects/ DCIS
- Pitfalls in photographing
- "Interleaved measurement"
- Read-out-effect
- HF-artifacts
- Complete definition of malignancy
- Choice of "region of interest"
- Zooming effect
- Sensitivity and Specificity of MRM
- Role of DCIS
- Classification of DCIS
- Multifocality of DCIS
- Pattern of DCIS in MRM
- Differential diagnosis of DCIS/hormone effect
- Comparison of different MRM techniques

INSTRUCTORS:
Kaiser

CME HOURS: 19

LECTURE TOPICS:
Mammography/Women's Imaging, MRI

ACTIVITIES: not listed