Breast MRI was performed on a Philips Ingenia 1.5-T system using a dedicated 16-channel bilateral breast coil with parallel imaging capabilities (Philips Healthcare, Best, the Netherlands).
In addition to breast MRI for staging, the participants underwent two dynamic sequences applied in an interleaved pattern prior and during the injection of the contrast agent. The high temporal resolution images were acquired using a 3D T1_T2*-weighted multi echo-planar imaging sequence and intercalated with a dynamic high spatial resolution 3D T1-weighted turbo field echo sequence (3D T1W THRIVE). Details of the breast MRI sequences have been published previously and are found in Supplementary Table 2 [14 (link)]. The institutions breast imaging radiologists interpreted these examinations, according to the American College of Radiology Breast Imaging-Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS®) lexicon (ACR BI-RADS® Atlas 2013,https://www.acr.org/Clinical-Resources/Reporting-and-Data-Systems/Bi-Rads ).
In addition to breast MRI for staging, the participants underwent two dynamic sequences applied in an interleaved pattern prior and during the injection of the contrast agent. The high temporal resolution images were acquired using a 3D T1_T2*-weighted multi echo-planar imaging sequence and intercalated with a dynamic high spatial resolution 3D T1-weighted turbo field echo sequence (3D T1W THRIVE). Details of the breast MRI sequences have been published previously and are found in Supplementary Table 2 [14 (link)]. The institutions breast imaging radiologists interpreted these examinations, according to the American College of Radiology Breast Imaging-Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS®) lexicon (ACR BI-RADS® Atlas 2013,
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