Many Women Refuse MRIs As reported by Susan G. Komen News December 2009: Despite MRI being one of the greatest inventions of the twentieth century, requiring no x-radiation to create the images, would you believe that many women refuse MRIs? In a breast cancer screening study, 42% of intermediate- and high-risk women were offered breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Many women refuse MRI as  the procedure of choice for high risk...

MRI breast scan prep requires a double check with the facility performing your study, but this list may apply to most sites. 1) You will be asked if you have any metal in your body prior to the mri scan. Inform the staff if you have a pacemaker, brain aneurysm clip, cardiac defibrillator, tens unit, neurostimulator, metal chips or fragments in your eye, or any other metal implants.  Inform your doctor if you are pregnant before the...

8 Questions to Ask Before Your Breast MRI: Since there is no nationally required criteria for breast mri, we wanted all patients to know what to look for in a high quality breast mri center. The problem is that radiology center operators don’t know what they don’t know. Just because they can take image slices of the breast, does not mean the images being performed are done correctly. You have the right to ask the radiologist or...

What to expect during your Breast MRI exam? Usually after you’ve had a questionable mammogram, your doctor may recommend that you have a breast mri exam.  Not all radiology centers are up to date on how to do the best breast mri exam, so please double check with them by asking the questions we recommend prior to having your breast mri exam.  CLICK HERE Make sure the site doing your breast MRI has your mammograms and any ultrasound...

Since there is no nationally required criteria for breast mri, we wanted all patients to know what to look for in a high quality breast mri center. Many radiology center operators don’t know what they don’t know. Just because they can take image slices of the breast, does not mean the images being performed are done correctly or to the highest standards of practice. You have the right to ask the radiologist or the technologist...

(November 2009) Breast mri screening should be performed a specific way, and we actually found several places performing the exam incorrectly. What those sites don’t know, they don’t know, but they were still charging for the exam and getting away with it! We wanted to share with patients, the public and MRI professionals how important it is to do breast MRI exams correctly. When we heard there are some radiology centers...