Breast MRI
Content Reviewed: January 24, 2022
3.5 CME
37 DICOM Case Files
49 Videos
3 hr. 27 min.
Course Description
You may be seeing more Breast MRI cases in your everyday practice. Breast MRI has the highest sensitivity for breast cancer detection among any imaging modality today. It has become a critical tool for early detection in higher-risk women.
Breast MRI interpretation can be quite challenging. You may wonder “What do I do with that lesion?” and “How do I approach my interpretation based on what I know about this patient?”
In this in-depth Mastery Series course, Dr. Lisa Mullen helps you better understand breast MRI rationale, indications, protocols, and reporting, and provides essential interpretation pearls and pitfalls. Dr. Mullen will walk you through the most fundamental to the most challenging cases.
With Dr. Mullen’s teaching, you will be better equipped to accurately and confidently read Breast MRI. This is one you don’t want to miss!
Foundational Topics include:
- Rationale and Indications for Breast MRI
- Protocols & Techniques
- BI-RADS Lexicon
- Report Tips and Examples
In-depth Case Review – 40+ cases with full DICOMs showing examples of:
- BI-RADS 1 – 6 in a variety of patient settings
- Range of Background Parenchymal Enhancement (BPE)
- Enhancing Findings (focus, masses, non-mass enhancement, lymph nodes)
- And other interesting findings, such as a case of a patient who underwent Breast MRI after Covid 19 vaccine
And when you’re done…
Check out these companion courses on Breast MRI:
- High Risk Screening Breast MRI : Click Here
- Evaluation of Newly Diagnosed, Pre-Operative Breast Cancer Patient : Click Here
Course Instructor: Lisa Mullen, MD Breast Imaging Advisor: Rachel F. Brem, MD FACR FSBI
Faculty
Lisa Ann Mullen, MD
Assistant Professor; Breast Imaging Fellowship Director
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Advisors
Rachel F Brem, MD, FACR, FSBI
Professor and Vice-Chair- George Washington University
Director- Breast Imaging and Interventional Center
Pre-Course Activities
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2 min.
1 DICOM Case File
Introduction to Breast MRI
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5 min.
Indications and Protocol
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33 min.
2 DICOM Case Files
MRI BI-RADS
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14 min.
5 DICOM Case Files
Enhancing MRI Findings
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28 min.
4 DICOM Case Files
Other Findings
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20 min.
2 DICOM Case Files
Interpretation and Reporting
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25 min.
4 DICOM Case Files
BI-RADS Case Review
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1 hr. 17 min.
23 DICOM Case Files
BI-RADS Assessment Categories – Overview
10 m
BI-RADS 1
4 m
BI-RADS 2 – Left Lumpectomy
3 m
BI-RADS 2 – Right Lumpectomy, Right Non-Enhancing Mass
2 m
BI-RADS 2 – Left Post Excisional Biopsy Change
2 m
BI-RADS 2 – Marked BPE, Stable
3 m
BI-RADS 2 – Bilateral Stable Findings
4 m
New focus of enhancement on a high risk patient (BI-RADS 4)
3 m
BI-RADS 3 – Changing Pattern of Background
2 m
BI-RADS 4 – Linear NME, Left Breast
3 m
BI-RADS 4 – Right Extensive DCIS, Left Dominant Focus
3 m
BI-RADS 4 – New Diagnosis Left Cancer, Focal NME left
3 m
BI-RADS 4 – New Diagnosis Right Breast Cancer, Nodes on Right
5 m
BI-RADS 4 – Left Axillary Node Metastasis, Evaluate for Breast Cancer
3 m
BI-RADS 5 – Suspicious Mass in Left Breast, Not Biopsied Yet
5 m
BI-RADS 5 – Left Breast Cancer, MRI Shows Right Cancer
4 m
BI-RADS 5 – New Diagnosis Right Cancer, Suspicious Masses in Right Breast
3 m
BI-RADS 5 – Right Inflammatory Cancer, Bilateral Nodes
3 m
BI-RADS 6 – Right Breast Cancer, No Other Findings
2 m
BI-RADS 6 – Left Breast Cancer, No Other Findings
2 m
BI-RADS 6 – Left Breast Cancer, Index Mass
4 m
BI-RADS 6 – Pre and Post Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy (NAC) for Left Breast Cancer
5 m
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