https://www.nbt.nhs.uk/FASTMRI
The FAST MRI research programme has been designed to find the most aggressive form of breast cancers sooner.
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Early breast cancer detection and diagnosis saves lives. The NHS Breast Screening Programme offers women aged 50-70 years a mammogram every 3 years. By detecting breast cancers before they can be seen or felt, breast screening already saves about 1,300 lives each year in the UK. MRI scans can detect some aggressive breast cancers even earlier than mammograms.

Unfortunately, MRI scans are expensive, and so the NHS uses them only to screen women at a high risk of developing breast cancer. New evidence suggests that MRI scans can be abbreviated to reduce their cost to the NHS, without affecting their ability to accurately display breast cancers.

FAST MRI is an abbreviated form of MRI which takes less time to acquire (3 vs 20 mins on the scanner) and to interpret (1 vs 10 mins). Unlike mammograms, FAST MRI scans can identify aggressive cancers irrespective of breast density – a trait found more commonly in younger women. Therefore, we are developing FAST MRI for women who are having their first screening by the NHS Breast Screening Programme. We wish to find out if FAST MRI could find aggressive cancers even earlier and smaller for these women because early detection of breast cancer saves lives.
FAST MRI Studies:
DYAMOND (Diagnostic Yield study for Average MammOgraphic screeNing Density): A multicentre study offering women a FAST MRI scan in addition to their screening mammogram, to see if FAST MRI can find cancers missed by mammography

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9278930/

To develop an abbreviated breast magnetic resonance imaging protocol (FAST) and to compare it with the complete protocol (FULL) to determine its diagnostic accuracy for detecting malignant or suspicious lesions (BI-RADS 4, 5 and 6) and the time required for image interpretation using BI-RADS categorization.

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Rapid-sequence brain MRIs, also called "fast MRIs", are quick images that have been replacing CT scans in assessing some neurological disorders. This type ...


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Breast MRI | DenseBreast-info, Inc.
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The usual breast MRI examination takes about 20 to 40 minutes. A shorter technique, called “abbreviated” or “fast” MRI can be performed for screening in some ...

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Abbreviated magnetic resonance protocols (AMRI) are promising techniques based on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) protocols that shorten acquisition time without significant loss of examination quality.