Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the breast is a non-invasive procedure that can
determine what the inside of the breast looks like without having to do surgery,
or flatten or compress the breast, as with mammography. Several years ago,
Steven E. Harms, M.D., and his research team, while at Baylor University Medical
Center in Dallas, developed a more specialized method of breast MRI that provides
even more detailed information than conventional breast MRI.
Mammography in which the
cancer was undetected
RODEO MRI of the same breast
with contrast agent
"highlighting" cancer
This improved technique, or pulse sequence, is called RODEO (ROtating Delivery
of Excitation Off-resonance). RODEO Breast MRI is at least twice as sensitive as
mammography, and three times as specific. Each RODEO Breast MRI exam produces
hundreds of three-dimentional cross-sectional images of the breast, which are
then analyzed and reported by Dr. Harms or one of his colleagues.
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