Has breast MRI been performed upside down?

(Brigham and Women's Hospital) A new phase 1 clinical trial from Brigham and Women's Hospital published in Radiology on June 22, 2016, evaluated the differences between pre-operative prone and supine MRI exams in 12 women undergoing lumpectomy for breast cancer. Researchers demonstrated that considerable deformity of the breast and tumor position occurs when patients are imaged in the prone position.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-06/bawh-hbm061716.php

Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - June 22, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news