Use CAD to assess breast tissue volume on MRI

Using computer-assisted detection (CAD) software to assess enhancing breast tissue as a percentage of the entire breast volume on contrast MR imaging shows promise for improving breast cancer diagnosis, researchers have found. The study results could help streamline workflow in busy radiology departments and perhaps even make breast MRI more accessible, wrote a team led by Barbara I. Bennani-Baiti, MD, of the Medical University of Vienna in Austria. The findings were published March 12 in the Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. "[A tool that] would greatly alleviate the workload and free the reporting radiologists to review the more complicated cases … would … enable wide-scale application of breast MRI exams and make [MRI] accessible in areas where dedicated breast radiologists are scarce, benefiting areas that are more rural and low-income communities," it wrote. AI-based tools to ease radiology workflow show promise, but "often suffer from the lack of transparency concerning the methodology and features that lead to an alleged diagnostic efficiency," Bennani-Baiti and colleagues explained. The team sought to explore whether a simple CAD-based tool that uses existing software could help distinguish malignant from benign lesions on breast MRI. The investigators conducted a study that included 39 patients who underwent two subsequent breast MRI exams for suspicious results on conventional imaging with 0.1 mmol/kg each gadobenic acid (MultiHance, Bracco) and gadot...
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