Diagnostic breast imaging

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This acclaimed text offers a comprehensive guide to breast imaging and diagnostics for clinicians diagnosing breast disease. The updated third edition includes advancements in mammography, ultrasound, breast MRI, and percutaneous interventions, emphasizing evidence-based approaches. Key features include extensive coverage of examination procedures, technical requirements, and the histologic, clinical, and radiologic appearances of various breast pathologies. It also presents results from international screening studies and nearly 1,200 clear radiographic images depicting normal findings, benign and malignant disorders, and changes due to trauma, surgery, or therapy. Innovations in digital mammography, tomosynthesis, and computer-assisted detection (CAD) are highlighted, along with new chapters on imaging implants and lesions of uncertain malignant potential. The text provides a systematic methodology for detection, diagnosis, and assessment, with user-friendly flowcharts for typical and atypical cases. Authored by leading experts with extensive clinical experience, this resource is essential for radiologists, residents, gynecologists, oncologists, surgeons, technologists, and other specialists dedicated to improving outcomes in breast disease.