Usage and Significance of BI-RADS® in Breast Imaging

The Breast Imaging and Reporting Data System (BI-RADS®) was developed under the leadership of the American College of Radiology (ACR) in the early 1990's in order to provide the means for standardized reporting and communication in breast imaging. BI-RADS® was initially designed for mammography only, but has in its most recent version been adapted to breast ultrasound and MRI. BI-RADS® consists of three components, the classification of the breast composition from (1) entirely fat to (4) extremely dense to estimate the sensitivity of mammography, the breast imaging lexicon for standardized description of finding…