MRI of the breast at 3.0 T with SENSE and Flip Angle Sweep

Purpose: Even with current state-of-the-art 1.5T systems, breast MRI imaging protocols will always constitute a compromise between the diverging demands of high spatial and temporal resolution. Whole body magnets operating at higher magnetic fields (e.g. 3.0T) become increasingly available in clinical settings. We report on our first experiences with bilateral contrast-enhanced dynamic breast MRI at 3.0T. Methods: Ongoing intra-individual comparative study on so far 24 patients (mean age, 49.5) with a total 30 contrast enhancing lesions (11 breast cancers, 15 fibroadenomas, 1 focal chronic mastitis, 3 intramamma…