Breast MRI: Fundamentals and Technical Aspects

About R. Edward Hendrick

R. Edward Hendrick Ph.D. is Clinical Professor of Radiology at the University of Colorado - Denver Anschutz School of Medicine. A board-certified diagnostic medical physicist he was involved in the initial clinical application of magnetic resonance imaging its application to breast imaging and the development and evaluation of digital mammography. He helped establish the American College of Radiology's Mammography MRI and Stereotactic Breast Biopsy Accreditation Programs and helped define American College of Radiology and FDA standards for mammography equipment and quality control. He was a charter member of the FDA's Mammography Quality Assurance Advisory Committee and is the lead author of all four editions the American College of Radiology's Mammography Quality Control Manuals. He was principal investigator of the first trials obtaining FDA approval of digital mammography and was co-principal investigator of the NCI-sponsored ACRIN DMIST screening trial of digital mammography which demonstrated that digital mammography was superior to film for younger women and women with denser breasts. His research focuses on improving breast cancer detection using new technologies and on improving the quality of breast imaging technologies.