Diagnostic Imaging: Breast

Covering the entire spectrum of this fast-changing field, the fourth edition of Diagnostic Imaging: Breast is an invaluable, everyday resource for general radiologists and breast imaging specialists; surgical, medical, and radiation oncologists; pathologists; all health care providers in the breast cancer arena as well as trainees-anyone who requires an easily accessible, highly visual reference in this complex area of imaging. Drs. Jessica W. T. Leung, Nicole S. Winkler, and a team of highly regarded multidisciplinary experts provide up-to-date information in concise yet detailed chapters to help you make informed decisions at the point of care. The text is lavishly illustrated, precisely delineated, and extensively referenced, making it a useful learning tool for readers at all levels of experience as well as a handy reference for daily clinical practice.

• Provides comprehensive, expert information on breast anatomy and normal variants, physical principles of breast MR, techniques for performing image-guided biopsies and preoperative localization, the role of imaging in determining the extent of disease, and principles of breast cancer treatment with surgery, oncoplastics, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy
• Discusses updated and standard imaging protocols, treatment plans, and image-guided and surgical procedures with an eye toward trending topics in frontline breast imaging
• Contains new BI-RADS details across all relevant chapters as well as updated information from the American College of Radiology, American Society of Breast Surgeons, and National Comprehensive Cancer Network on evolving medical, surgical, and radiation treatment of breast cancer patients, along with discussion of ongoing trials and future directions in patient care
• Includes details on 2024 federal screening guidelines that ensure equity and access
• Features more than 4,000+ high-quality print images, illustrations, and videos (with an additional 5,000+ images in the complimentary eBook) to help evaluate breast symptoms, such as palpable lumps, nipple discharge, and axillary adenopathy
• Uses a bulleted, image-rich layout with short chapters designed for quick access to critical content on terminology, characteristics seen in various imaging studies on the same anatomic location, differential diagnoses, pathological and clinical issues to consider, and more
• Provides a diagnostic checklist and updated references with each chapter
• Includes an eBook that allows you access to everything in the print version as well as new text, new videos, and thousands of additional images and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud

List of contents

SECTION 1: ANATOMY AND NORMAL VARIANTS

ANATOMY
NORMAL VARIANTS

SECTION 2: IMAGING

BREAST IMAGING OVERVIEW
SPECIAL TOPICS IN SCREENING AND DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING

SECTION 3: INTERPRETIVE CRITERIA

SECTION 4: LESION IMAGING CHARACTERISTICS

MASSES
CALCIFICATIONS, TYPICALLY BENIGN
CALCIFICATIONS, NOT TYPICALLY BENIGN
CALCIFICATION DISTRIBUTION
ADDITIONAL FINDINGS
ULTRASOUND LESION CHARACTERISTICS
MR FINDINGS

SECTION 5: HISTOPATHOLOGIC DIAGNOSES

BENIGN LESIONS
RISK LESIONS
LOCALLY AGGRESSIVE LESIONS
MALIGNANT LESIONS

SECTION 6: SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS

NIPPLE
SKIN
AXILLA
BREAST
VASCULAR ENTITIES

SECTION 7: SPECIAL TOPICS

HORMONAL CHANGES
GENDER REASSIGNMENT
PREGNANCY
INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATION
BREAST MANIFESTATIONS OF SYSTEMIC CONDITIONS
TRAUMA
MALE BREAST
ARTIFACTS
IMAGING SAFETY

SECTION 8: TREATMENT

PRINCIPLES IN TREATMENT
FOCUSED ISSUES IN TREATMENT

SECTION 9: POSTOPERATIVE AND POSTTREATMENT IMAGING

RESULTS OF BENIGN INTERVENTION
RESULTS FOLLOWING TREATMENT FOR MALIGNANCIES

SECTION 10: PROCEDURES

IMAGE-GUIDED PROCEDURES
SURGICAL PROCEDURES

About the author

Jessica W. T. Leung, MD, FACR, FSBI, is Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and Deputy Chair of Breast Imaging at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas.
Nicole S. Winkler, MD, is Associate Professor with the Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences at the University of Utah Huntsman Cancer Institute in Salt Lake City, Utah

Product details

• Authors: Jessica W. T. Leung, Jessica Leung, Nicole S. Winkler
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 29.10.2026
• EAN: 9780443284472
• ISBN: 978-0-443-28447-2
• Weight: 450 g
• Illustrations: Approximately 9,180 in full color (9,180 in full color), Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; MEDICAL / Radiology, Radiotherapy & Nuclear Medicine, Oncology, nuclear medicine, Radiotherapy, MEDICAL / Oncology / Breast Cancer, Medical imaging: radiology