Comparative signal intensity measurements in dynamic gadolinium‐enhanced MR mammography
- 1 May 1994
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Vol. 4 (3) , 477-480
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jmri.1880040339
Abstract
Increases in signal intensity enhancement were measured in defined regions of interest (ROIs) to allow distinction between malignant and benign tumors with dynamic gadolinium‐enhanced magnetic resonance (MR) mammography. Twenty patients with palpable breast lesions (15 malignant, five benign) underwent MR mammography. The dynamic gradient‐echo sequence was performed with intravenous bolus injection of gadopentetate dimeglumine and consisted of 25 images with a time resolution of 30 seconds. Contrast enhancement was calculated by comparing user‐defined ROIs on pre‐ and postcontrast images. An increase in signal intensity of 70% or more on the 1‐minute postcontrast image was used as the criterion of malignancy. MR mammographic results correlated with histopathologic findings in all patients when the defined ROI was in the most enhancing part of the tumor. For the ROI in areas of submaximal enhancement or when the ROI surrounded the whole lesion, only five and nine tumors, respectively, fulfilled the malignancy criterion. All malignant tumors showed large variations in signal intensity enhancement that depended on the position of the ROI in the tumor. Dynamic, gadolinium‐enhanced MR mammography allows distinction of benign from malignant breast tumors when the selected ROI is in the most enhancing part of the lesion.Keywords
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