Abstract

This review on magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) of the breast provides an overview of available literature and describes current developments in the field of breast MRE, including new transducer technology for data acquisition and multi-frequency-derived power-law behaviour of tissue. Moreover, we discuss the future potential of breast MRE, which goes beyond its original application as an additional tool in differentiating benign from malignant breast lesions. These areas of ongoing and future research include MRE for pre-operative tumour delineation, staging, monitoring and predicting response to treatment, as well as prediction of the metastatic potential of primary tumours.
Original languageEnglish
Article numbere3932
Pages (from-to)e3932
JournalNMR in biomedicine
Volume31
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2018

Keywords

  • Breast/diagnostic imaging
  • Elastic Modulus
  • Elasticity Imaging Techniques
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Publications

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