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Breast Imaging — FNB reading list.

What a two-year FNB fellow in Breast Imaging reads, and what each title is for.

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7Titles listed
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2 yrsFellowship length
400Marks in the exit exam
The fellowship

Breast Imaging at a glance

Mammography, breast ultrasound and MRI, screening and image-guided breast biopsy.

DisciplineRadiology and Imaging
Length2 years, full-time at an NBEMS-accredited hospital
Entered fromMD/DNB Radiodiagnosis
EntranceFET, the NBEMS Fellowship Entrance Test — 100 questions in 105 minutes, Part-A from the feeder specialty and Part-B from this fellowship.
How this list is used

Reading for Breast Imaging

Breast imaging fellowship reading is unusually protocol-driven: the BI-RADS lexicon is learned first because every report a fellow writes has to use it, and the rest of the reading is about recognising the findings that map to each category. Ikeda is the text most fellows read through, while the Elsevier Diagnostic Imaging volume is used at the workstation for side-by-side pattern matching during reporting. Cardenosa is the book people keep for teaching-file style case reasoning and for the interventional chapters, since most Indian breast units expect the fellow to do their own ultrasound-guided and stereotactic biopsies. The core review books are used in the last few months for structured self-testing.

Titles are tagged core reading — the ones fellows finish — or reference, the ones they look things up in. Editions are given where the current edition is what you want to buy.

  1. Breast Imaging: The Requisitescore readingDebra M. Ikeda, Kanae Kawai Miyake · Elsevier · 3rd editionThe text most fellows read through in the first half of the year for mammographic and sonographic interpretation.
  2. Diagnostic Imaging: Breastcore readingJessica W. T. Leung, Nicole S. Winkler (eds.) · Elsevier · 4th editionKept open at the reporting workstation for image-by-image pattern matching and differential lists.
  3. Clinical Breast Imaging: The Essentialscore readingGilda Cardenosa · Wolters KluwerUsed for case-based reasoning and for the biopsy and localisation chapters that underpin the fellow's own procedure list.
  4. Diagnostic Breast Imaging: Mammography, Sonography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, and Interventional Procedurescore readingSylvia H. Heywang-Köbrunner, Ingrid Schreer, Susan Barter · Thieme · 3rd editionThe main reference for breast MRI protocols, kinetics and MR-guided intervention.
  5. ACR BI-RADS Atlas: Breast Imaging Reporting and Data SystemreferenceAmerican College of Radiology · 5th editionThe lexicon and assessment categories every report is written in, and the source for audit and outcome definitions.
  6. Breast Imaging: The Core RequisitesreferenceBonnie N. Joe, Amie Y. Lee · Elsevier · 4th editionA more compact restatement of the same syllabus, useful for quick revision and for juniors rotating through the unit.
  7. Breast Imaging: A Core ReviewreferenceBiren A. Shah, Sabala R. Mandava · Wolters Kluwer · 3rd editionQuestion-and-answer format used in the final months for structured self-testing before the exit exam.

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The exit examination

What you are reading towards

The exit examination is the FEE - Fellowship Exit Examination, held after completion of the fellowship training. Theory: one paper of 100 marks (10 questions of 10 marks each) of three hours' duration. Practical: 300 marks, comprising clinical examination and viva voce. A candidate must obtain a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate across theory and practical (200 of 400) to qualify, with the theory paper itself to be passed at 50/100. Trainees must also appear in the formative assessment during training. Successful candidates are awarded the FNB (or FNB-PD) at the annual NBEMS convocation.

How FNB entry and the FEE work, in full ›

Radiology and Imaging

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Frequently asked

FNB Breast Imaging — questions

Which books do FNB Breast Imaging fellows read?

The 7 titles on this page, of which 4 are read cover to cover and the rest are kept as references. Most fellows own two or three and use the department copy for the others.

How long is the FNB in Breast Imaging?

2 years, full-time at an NBEMS-accredited hospital, followed by the Fellowship Exit Examination.

Which specialty do you enter FNB Breast Imaging from?

MD/DNB Radiodiagnosis

How is the FNB exit examination marked?

One theory paper of 100 marks with ten questions of ten marks each, and a 300-mark practical of clinical examination and viva. A candidate needs 50 per cent in aggregate across the two.

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