Enhanced breast MRI system shows greatpromise in the early detection and treatment of breast...

Researchers from Florida Atlantic University, the Center for Breast Care at the Women's Center at Boca Raton Community Hospital (Boca Raton, Fla.), and MeVis, The Center for Diagnostic Systems and Visualization at the University of Breman, Germany, have developed new techniques to aid clinicians in the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer.The FDA-approved techniques involve a unique software platform using the mathematical concept of fractals for the analysis and display of serial-time MRI, and were developed at MeVis under the direction of Dr. Heinz-Otto Peitgen who is also a