"This book is an authorized translation of the 2nd German edition published and copyrighted 2010 by Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart. Title of the German edition: Atlas der MR-Mammographie. Hochauflösende Mamma-MRT."--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-278) and index.

History of MR mammography -- Preparing and informing the patient -- Technique and methods -- Tumor angiogenesis and breast MRI -- Diagnostic criteria -- Artifacts and sources of error -- Normal findings in breast MRI -- Benign changes -- Postoperative/posttraumatic changes -- Borderline lesions -- Intraductal carcinomas -- Malignant changes -- Lymph node diagnostics -- Autologous and prosthetic breast reconstruction -- Breast MRI in men -- MRI-guided interventions -- Indications for breast MRI -- Differential diagnosis and strategy -- Quality assurance -- Current standing, problems, and perspectives of breast MRI.

"While the first edition of this book was written during my 9 years working at the University of Gt̲tingen in the field of MR mammography, this second edition reflects not only the innovative changes in the performance and analysis of MR mammography but also my new vantage point modified by the shift of my working field. The current edition includes all the experience I have accumulated during the last 7 years of work at the Women's Health Care Center, Gt̲tingen. In this frame of reference, where individualized and optimal diagnostic strategies are implemented for the early detection of breast cancer, MR mammography has increasingly earned a central role. It has also shown itself to be the most reliable diagnostic method for staging and follow-up after breast cancer"--Provided by publisher.

Translated from German.