Influence of computer-aided detection on performance of screening mammography.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Computer-aided detection identifies suspicious findings on mammograms to assist radiologists. Since the Food and Drug Administration approved the technology in 1998, it has been disseminated into practice, but its effect on the accuracy of interpretation is unclear.

Methods

We determined the association between the use of computer-aided detection at mammography facilities and the performance of screening mammography from 1998 through 2002 at 43 facilities in three states. We had complete data for 222,135 women (a total of 429,345 mammograms), including 2351 women who received a diagnosis of breast cancer within 1 year after screening. We calculated the specificity, sensitivity, and positive predictive value of screening mammography with and without computer-aided

SUBMITTER: Fenton JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3182841 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature