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1、BreastMRIR.EdwardHendrick,PhD,FACRBreastMRIFundamentalsandTechnicalAspectsR.EdwardHendrick,PhD,FACRResearchProfessorandDirector,BreastImagingResearch(retired)LynnSageComprehensiveBreastCenterNorthwesternUniversity’sFeinbergSchoolofMedicineNorthwesternMemorialHospitalChicago,ILUSALibraryofCong
2、ressControlNumber:2007932969ISBN:978-0-387-73506-1e-ISBN:978-0-387-73507-8©2008SpringerScience+BusinessMedia,LLCAllrightsreserved.Thisworkmaynotbetranslatedorcopiedinwholeorinpartwithoutthewrittenpermissionofthepublisher(SpringerScience+BusinessMedia,LLC,233SpringStreet,NewYork,NY10013,USA),e
3、xceptforbriefexcerptsinconnectionwithreviewsorscholarlyanalysis.Useinconnectionwithanyformofinformationstorageandretrieval,electronicadaptation,computersoftware,orbysimilarordissimilarmethodologynowknownorhereafterdevelopedisforbidden.Theuseinthispublicationoftradenames,trademarks,servicemark
4、s,andsimilarterms,eveniftheyarenotidentifiedassuch,isnottobetakenasanexpressionofopinionastowhetherornottheyaresubjecttoproprietaryrights.Printedonacid-freepaper.987654321springer.comThisbookisdedicatedtomymother,EnidWinifredKimesHendrickThurston,whohastaughtmesomuchaboutlife,andtomywife,Jean
5、RachellePaquelet,whomakeseverydayworthliving.ForewordEdwardHendrickhasauniquepositionamongphysicists.Notonlydoesheunder-standthephysicsofbreastimaging,butheunderstandsthefundamentalsofbreastcancerscreening,detection,anddiagnosis.IamfairlycertainthatmostwhoreadthistextwillbeunawarethatDr.Hendr
6、ickplayedamajorroleinourunderstandingofbreastcancerscreening,particularlythebenefitofscreeningwomenintheirfor-ties.Heperformedmeta-analysesofthedatafromtherandomized,controlledtrialsofscreeninganddemonstratedastatisticallysignificantbenefitforscreeningwomenages40–49whenotherswerearguingincorr
7、ectlythattherewasnodemonstrablebenefit.HisworkpermittedtherestofustoclarifytheerrorsmadebyothersintheinterpretationofthedataanditisinlargemeasureduetoDr.Hendrick’seffortsthatlifesavingmammographyscreeningisavailableforwomenintheirforties.Dr.H