MISSION STATEMENT

The following Mission statement is in the Bylaws of the Society of Breast Imaging and was approved by the Executive Committee on December 2, 1997:

The corporation is organized and shall be operated exclusively for charitable, scientific and educational purposed as specified in Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, including, without limitation, the following: (a) to establish a society for the improvement and dissemination of breast imaging (b) to improve the quality of medical education in the practice of breast imaging (c) to foster research in all aspects of breast imaging (d) to provide a medium for the exchange of ideas among radiologists involved with breast imaging (e) to provide meeting for presentation and discussion of papers and the dissemination of knowledge in the area of breast imaging and (f) to establish a channel for publication of scientific reports in the field of breast imaging.