Intra- and inter-rater reliability of compressed breast thickness, applied force, and pressure distribution in screening mammography.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ensuring equivalent and reproducible breast compression between mammographic screening rounds is important for the diagnostic performance of mammography, yet the extent to which screening mammography positioning and compression is reproducible for the individual woman is unknown.

Purpose

To investigate the intra- and inter-rater reliability of breast compression in screening mammography.

Materials and methods

Eleven breast-healthy women participated in the study. Two experienced radiographers independently positioned and compressed the breasts of each participant in two projections-right craniocaudal and left mediolateral oblique-and at two time points. The spatial pressure distribution on the compressed breast was measured using a pressure sensor matrix. A

SUBMITTER: Voigt M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8819760 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature