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		Breast MRI Superior and Compassionate Breast MRI Patients who visit Metro MRI Center, receive more than excellent healthcare and expert medical attention. They walk into an environment that was conceived and designed to be a soothing and compassionate place.

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Metro MRI offers:

MR Mammography
MR-guided breast lesion localization
MR-vacuum assisted biopsy
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At Metro MRI Center, we combine personalized, expert breast MRI with progressive technology. The experience and dedication to early detection has led Metro MRI Center to thoroughly research the technologies available that would best serve their patients.

For the patients who come to Metro MRI Center for their diagnostic testing, the experience is not only about the equipment and technologies; it's about the staff and the compassion they show for their work.

Metro MRI Center proudly offers advanced applications in Breast Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). With the development of a specialized breast coil, and computer-aideddetection (CAD) breast evaluation software, we are able to achieve the most accurate breast MRI diagnostic results. Breast MR imaging has emerged as a very promising modality because of its high sensitivity for detection of single and multi-focal breast cancer. While it is still not accepted as a routine screening examination, it has proven useful in problematic breast cases.

MR imaging of the breast provides important complementary diagnostic information, supporting your patient's first line x-ray mammography exam. MR imaging can be helpful in the high risk patient, the patient with indeterminate recent imaging studies, or the patient with recent negative imaging examinations, but who have a high index of suspicion for breast cancer. In the patient with a known breast cancer, MR mammography is helpful in detecting multifocal, multicentric, or bilateral disease. MRI is also the ideal imaging modality for evaluating the augmentated breast when implant integrity is in question.

MRI does not carry the inherent risks of radiation and can be repeated as often as needed. During an MRI examination of the breast, the patient lies on her stomach, with the breasts suspended in the breast coil. After the scanning table is moved to the center of the magnet, an intravenous contrast agent is administered during the acquisition of data. The amount of data produced per breast MRI examination often exceeds 800 images, but the scan time is typically 30 minutes. With computer-aided detection, dynamic enhancement curves are produced. This computer derived data and the breast images are then evaluated by one of our highly-skilled radiologists.

With the recent advances in Breast MRI we have made the commitment to offer the latest in Breast MRI as an option in breast cancer diagnosis, staging, and follow-up. Breast MRI will be an integral part of our center's large and diverse portfolio of MR examinations.

Based on the expert opinion and peer-reviewed literature, the following clinical indications are considered appropriate and useful applications for breast MRI.

High Risk Patients	MRI is a valuable adjunct to mammography for improved detection of breast cancer in high risk patients, such as women with BRCA mutation, history of childhood treatment for Hodgkin lymphoma and first degree relative with breast cancer (particularly if present or an early age). Breast MRI can be particularly useful in women with mammographically dense breasts.
Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy	MRI clearly and accurately depicts tumor size and vascularity before and during therapy to assess response to chemotherapy and residual disease prior to surgery.
Occult Breast Cancer	MRI can be effective in locating the primary occult (invisible) tumor, allowing better breast conservation surgery.
Lobular Carcinoma	MRI is the most accurate method for detection of lobular carcinoma. Lobular carcinoma can be extremely difficult to detect by mammography alone. It is commonly multifocal/multicentric (more than one site of disease in one breast) or bilateral (in both breasts) and frequent cause of positive surgical margins, requiring re-operation.
Detecting Breast Cancer in Women with Breast Implants	MRI is an extremely valuable study for detecting cancer in women with implants. Breast MRI can also be used to assess the integrity of implants.
Suspected Multiple or Bilateral Cancers	Breast MRI is sensitive for detecting multifocal or multicentric tumors.
Post-Operative Evaluation	MRI is useful in differentiating post-surgical scars and recurrent cancer (cancer that occurs in the same location after treatment).

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