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Four patients with T1-weighted sequence findings (Figs. 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, and 1.8).

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Breast Imaging Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Assistant Professor of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA

    Victoria Mango MD (Director of Breast and Body Imaging Fellowship)

  2. Breast Imaging Section, Associate Professor of Radiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA

    Habib Rahbar MD

  3. Division of Breast Imaging, Associate Professor of Radiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

    Ralph Wynn MD (Section Head)

  4. Division of Breast Imaging, Assistant Professor of Radiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

    Lauren Friedlander MD (Director of Breast and Body Imaging Fellowship)

  5. Division of Breast Imaging, Assistant Professor of Radiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

    Richard Ha MD (Director of Education and Research)

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    Richard Ha

  2. Breast Imaging Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA

    Christopher E. Comstock

  3. Chief, Breast Imaging Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA

    Elizabeth A. Morris

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Mango, V., Rahbar, H., Wynn, R., Friedlander, L., Ha, R. (2017). Breast MRI Basics. In: Ha, R., Comstock, C., Morris, E. (eds) Breast MRI Teaching Atlas. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6409-3_1

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