Beyond standard mammographic screening: mammography at age extremes, ultrasound, and MR imagingWendie A Berg
American Radiology Services, Johns Hopkins Green Spring, 301 Merrie Hunt Dr, Lutherville, MD 21093, USA
Radiol Clin North Am 45:895-906, vii. 2007
..Specific definitions of high risk are provided, and the rationale and performance characteristics to dare of supplemental screening with ultrasound or MR imaging are reviewed...
Training the ACRIN 6666 Investigators and effects of feedback on breast ultrasound interpretive performance and agreement in BI-RADS ultrasound feature analysisWendie A Berg
American College of Radiology Imaging Network ACRIN, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 199:224-35. 2012
..We sought to assess the effects of feedback on breast ultrasound interpretive performance and agreement in BI-RADS feature analysis among a subset of these experienced observers...
- Detection of breast cancer with addition of annual screening ultrasound or a single screening MRI to mammography in women with elevated breast cancer risk
Wendie A Berg
American College of Radiology Imaging Network, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
JAMA 307:1394-404. 2012
..Annual ultrasound screening may detect small, node-negative breast cancers that are not seen on mammography. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may reveal additional breast cancers missed by both mammography and ultrasound screening...
- Shear-wave elastography improves the specificity of breast US: the BE1 multinational study of 939 masses
Wendie A Berg
Magee Womens Hospital, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 300 Halket St, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Radiology 262:435-49. 2012
..To determine whether adding shear-wave (SW) elastographic features could improve accuracy of ultrasonographic (US) assessment of breast masses...
- Comparative effectiveness of positron emission mammography and MRI in the contralateral breast of women with newly diagnosed breast cancer
Wendie A Berg
American Radiology Services, Inc, Johns Hopkins Green Spring, Lutherville, MD, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 198:219-32. 2012
..The objective of our study was to compare the performance of positron emission mammography (PEM) with that of MRI in the evaluation of the contralateral breast of women with newly diagnosed cancer...
Combined screening with ultrasound and mammography vs mammography alone in women at elevated risk of breast cancerWendie A Berg
American Radiology Services Inc, Johns Hopkins Green Spring, Lutherville, Maryland, USA
JAMA 299:2151-63. 2008
..Screening ultrasound may depict small, node-negative breast cancers not seen on mammography...
- Tailored supplemental screening for breast cancer: what now and what next?
Wendie A Berg
Department of Radiology, American Radiology Services, Johns Hopkins Green Spring, Lutherville, MD 21093, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 192:390-9. 2009
..Developing technologies are not appropriate for screening at this time, although further study is encouraged...
- Reasons women at elevated risk of breast cancer refuse breast MR imaging screening: ACRIN 6666
Wendie A Berg
American Radiology Services, Johns Hopkins Green Spring, 10755 Falls Rd, Suite 440, Lutherville, MD 21093, USA
Radiology 254:79-87. 2010
..To determine reasons for nonparticipation in a trial of supplemental screening with magnetic resonance (MR) imaging after mammography and ultrasonography (US)...
- Cystic breast masses and the ACRIN 6666 experience
Wendie A Berg
American Radiology Services Inc, Johns Hopkins Green Spring, 10755 Falls Road, Suite 440, Lutherville, MD 21093, USA
Radiol Clin North Am 48:931-87. 2010
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- Breast cancer: comparative effectiveness of positron emission mammography and MR imaging in presurgical planning for the ipsilateral breast
Wendie A Berg
American Radiology Services, Johns Hopkins Green Spring, Lutherville, MD, USA
Radiology 258:59-72. 2011
..To determine the performance of positron emission mammography (PEM), as compared with magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, including the effect on surgical management, in ipsilateral breasts with cancer...
- Diagnostic accuracy of mammography, clinical examination, US, and MR imaging in preoperative assessment of breast cancer
Wendie A Berg
American College of Radiology Imaging Network, 301 Merrie Hunt Drive, Lutherville, MD 21093, USA
Radiology 233:830-49. 2004
..To prospectively assess accuracy of mammography, clinical examination, ultrasonography (US), and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in preoperative assessment of local extent of breast cancer...
- Lesion detection and characterization in a breast US phantom: results of the ACRIN 6666 Investigators
Wendie A Berg
American College of Radiology Imaging Network, American Radiology Services, Johns Hopkins Green Spring, 10755 Falls Rd, Lutherville, MD 21093, USA
Radiology 239:693-702. 2006
..To prospectively evaluate ultrasonographic (US) lesion detection and characterization in a breast phantom by potential investigators in a screening US protocol, American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN) 6666...
- Operator dependence of physician-performed whole-breast US: lesion detection and characterization
Wendie A Berg
American Radiology Services, Johns Hopkins Green Spring, 10755 Falls Rd, Suite 440, Lutherville, MD 21093, USA
Radiology 241:355-65. 2006
..To prospectively examine operator dependence of lesion detection, description, and interpretation when experienced breast radiologists perform whole-breast ultrasonography (US)...
- Stereotactic and sonographic large-core biopsy of nonpalpable breast lesions: results of the Radiologic Diagnostic Oncology Group V study
Laurie L Fajardo
Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
Acad Radiol 11:293-308. 2004
..6, 98.5, and 98.9 respectively for SCB). CONCLUSION: Percutaneous, imaged-guided core breast biopsy is an accurate diagnostic alternative to surgical biopsy in women with mammographically detected suspicious breast lesions...
- High-resolution fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography with compression ("positron emission mammography") is highly accurate in depicting primary breast cancer
Wendie A Berg
American Radiology Services, Johns Hopkins Green Spring, Lutherville, Maryland 21093, USA
Breast J 12:309-23. 2006
..949 when interpreted with mammographic and clinical findings. FDG PEM has high diagnostic accuracy for breast lesions, including DCIS...
- Gamma camera breast imaging lexicon
Amy Lynn Conners
Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st St SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 199:W767-74. 2012
..CONCLUSION: This proposed lexicon should facilitate standardized interpretation, communication of results, and outcomes monitoring of examinations using dedicated devices for gamma camera breast imaging...
- Interpretation of positron emission mammography and MRI by experienced breast imaging radiologists: performance and observer reproducibility
Deepa Narayanan
National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bldg 31, Rm 10A19, 31 Center Dr, Bethesda, MD 20892 2580, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 196:971-81. 2011
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- Interpretation of positron emission mammography: feature analysis and rates of malignancy
Deepa Narayanan
National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bldg 31, Rm 10A19, 31 Center Dr, Bethesda, MD 20892 2580, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 196:956-70. 2011
..The purpose of our study was to define and illustrate standard terminology for describing findings on positron emission mammography (PEM) and provide associated rates of malignancy...
- Lexicon for standardized interpretation of gamma camera molecular breast imaging: observer agreement and diagnostic accuracy
Amy Lynn Conners
Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st St SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 39:971-82. 2012
..To determine interobserver agreement and diagnostic accuracy using a lexicon for standardized interpretation of molecular breast imaging (MBI) studies by breast radiologists...
- Supplemental screening sonography in dense breasts
Wendie A Berg
Study Chair ACRIN Protocol 6666, Lutherville, MD 21093, USA
Radiol Clin North Am 42:845-51, vi. 2004
..If the trial is successful,the results will provide a rational basis for supplemental screening sonography in women with dense breasts...
- Sonographically depicted breast clustered microcysts: is follow-up appropriate?
Wendie A Berg
Johns Hopkins Greenspring, 10755 Falls Rd, Suite 440, Lutherville, MD 21093, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 185:952-9. 2005
..The objective of this study was to evaluate outcomes of lesions prospectively classified on breast sonography as clustered microcysts without a discrete solid component...
- Method for combined FDG-PET and radiographic imaging of primary breast cancers
Lee P Adler
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Fox Chase Cancer Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Breast J 9:163-6. 2003
..The authors conclude that FDG-based lesion localization information may be combined with the lesion X-ray attenuation characteristics using this common imaging platform...
- Image-guided breast biopsy and management of high-risk lesions
Wendie A Berg
Study Chair ACRIN Protocol 6666, Lutherville, MD 21093, USA
Radiol Clin North Am 42:935-46, vii. 2004
..Mucocele-like lesions may merit excision. Columnar alteration without atypia probably does not require excision, although further study is needed...
- When is a diagnosis of sclerosing adenosis acceptable at core biopsy?
Harmindar K Gill
Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Radiology 228:50-7. 2003
..To determine concordance of imaging findings and diagnosis of sclerosing adenosis at histopathologic core biopsy and to establish the accuracy of core biopsy when cancer was coexistent...
- Pilot clinical trial of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron-emission mammography in the surgical management of breast cancer
Lorraine Tafra
The Breast Center, Anne Arundel Health Systems, 2002 Medical Parkway, Suite 120, Annapolis, MD 21401, USA
Am J Surg 190:628-32. 2005
..High-resolution positron-emission mammography (PEM) is a new device, which allows the imaging of breast tissue. A prospective study was performed to assess the accuracy of PEM in newly diagnosed breast cancer patients...
- Does training in the Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) improve biopsy recommendations or feature analysis agreement with experienced breast imagers at mammography?
Wendie A Berg
Dept of Radiology, Univ of Maryland, 419 W Redwood St, Ste 110, Baltimore 21201, USA
Radiology 224:871-80. 2002
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- Anthropomorphic breast phantoms for qualification of Investigators for ACRIN Protocol 6666
Ernest L Madsen
Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin, 1300 University Ave, Room 1530, Madison, WI 53706, USA
Radiology 239:869-74. 2006
..Beam refraction occurs at the interface between the subcutaneous fat layer and the glandular parenchyma and can result in beam distortion artifacts similar to those encountered in clinical breast US...
- Rationale for a trial of screening breast ultrasound: American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN) 6666
Wendie A Berg
Department of Radiology and Greenebaum Cancer Center, 419 W. Redwood St, Ste. 110, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 180:1225-8. 2003
- Diagnostic agreement in the evaluation of image-guided breast core needle biopsies: results from a randomized clinical trial
Laura C Collins
Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Am J Surg Pathol 28:126-31. 2004
..89, 95% confidence interval 0.86-0.92). CONCLUSIONS: The level of diagnostic agreement in interpretation of breast CNB is extremely high among pathologists and is comparable to that seen for open surgical biopsy...
