Molecular Breast Imaging: Use of a Dual-Head Dedicated Gamma Camera to Detect Small Breast Tumors

Molecular Breast Imaging: Use of a Dual-Head Dedicated Gamma Camera to Detect Small Breast Tumors
Carrie B. Hruska, Stephen W. Phillips, Dana H. Whaley, Deborah J. Rhodes, and Michael K. O'Connor
AJR 2008;191:1805-1815

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Gains in sensitivity with the dual-head system molecular breast imaging are partially due to increased confidence in lesion detection. Molecular breast imaging can reliably detect breast lesions < 2 cm and dual-head molecular breast imaging can significantly increase sensitivity for subcentimeter lesions

Outcome of MRI-Guided Breast Biopsy

Outcome of MRI-Guided Breast Biopsy
Boo-Kyung Han, Mitchell D. Schnall, Susan G. Orel, and Mark Rosen
AJR 2008;191:1798-1804

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The cancer rate in our cohort of women who underwent MRI-guided breast biopsy was 29%. It varied according to the indication for the original MRI examination, but not according to the MRI features of the lesions

Automated Classification of Breast Parenchymal Density: Topologic Analysis of X-Ray Attenuation Patterns Depicted with Digital Mammography

Automated Classification of Breast Parenchymal Density: Topologic Analysis of X-Ray Attenuation Patterns Depicted with Digital Mammography
Holger F. Boehm, Tanja Schneider, Sonja M. Buhmann-Kirchhoff, Thomas Schlossbauer, Dorothea Rjosk-Dendorfer, Stefanie Britsch, and Maximilian Reiser
AJR 2008;191:275-282

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Topologic analysis of x-ray attenuation patterns on digital mammograms obtained with Minkowski functionals is simple and robust, and the results agree with radiologists' ratings. Because correct classification is significantly higher than with use of density features, our technique may be an objective and quantitative alternative in the evaluation of the parenchymal structure of the breast

Primary Breast Cancer in Men: Clinical, Imaging, and Pathologic Findings in 57 Patients

Primary Breast Cancer in Men: Clinical, Imaging, and Pathologic Findings in 57 Patients
Jean Mathew, George H. Perkins, Tanya Stephens, Lavinia P. Middleton, and Wei-Tse Yang
AJR 2008;191:1631-1639

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Breast cancer in men characteristically presents as an irregular subareolar mass with spiculated or indistinct margins on mammography and can be associated with calcifications and gynecomastia. Sonography has a role in regional staging of lymph nodes