Potential Time and Recall Benefits for Adaptive AI-Based Breast Cancer MRI Screening.

Journal: Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI
Published Date: Jul 7, 2025

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Abbreviated breast MRI protocols are advocated for breast screening as they limit acquisition duration and increase resource availability. However, radiologists' specificity may be slightly lowered when only such short protocols are evaluated. An adaptive approach, where a full protocol is performed only when abnormalities are detected by artificial intelligence (AI)-based models in the abbreviated protocol, might improve and speed up MRI screening. This study explores the potential benefits of such an approach.

Authors

  • Luuk Balkenende
    Department of Radiology, Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI), Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Medical Imaging, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
  • Jonatan Ferm
    Department of Radiology, Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI), Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
  • Vivien van Veldhuizen
    AI for Oncology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  • Joren Brunekreef
    Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. j.brunekreef@nki.nl.
  • Jonas Teuwen
    Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
  • Ritse M Mann
    Department of Radiology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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