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FAST breast magnetic resonance imaging: a new approach for breast cancer screening?
Vanessa Sales Vilar1, Andressa Inácio Gomes1, Érica Elisângela Françolin Federicci1
1Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Objective:
To develop an abbreviated breast magnetic resonance imaging protocol (FAST) and to compare it with the complete protocol (FULL) to determine its diagnostic accuracy for detecting malignant or suspicious lesions (BI-RADS 4, 5 and 6) and the time required for image interpretation using BI-RADS categorization.
Methods:
Retrospective study with 100 consecutive women who underwent breast magnetic resonance imaging between January and February 2014. All patients were submitted to a complete breast magnetic resonance imaging protocol, which was then compared with an abbreviated protocol (pre-contrast sequence, second post-contrast sequence and subtraction of pre- from post-contrast images).
Results:
Of 100 patients, 4 were classified as BI-RADS 5 or 6 and 16 as BI-RADS 4. In these 20 patients, there was full agreement among readers regarding the final BI-RADS categorization in both (FAST and FULL) protocols.
Conclusion:
The FAST protocol reduces interpretation time without compromising the accuracy of the method for detection of malignant or suspicious lesions.
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