Comparison of standard reading and computer aided detection (CAD) on a national proficiency test of screening mammography

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 135-138

  Ciatto, Stefano ^a   Del Turco, Marco Rosselli ^a   Risso, Gabriella ^a   Catarzi, Sandra ^a   Bonardi, Rita ^a   Viterbo, Valeria ^b   Gnutti, Pierangela ^c   Guglielmoni, Barbara ^d   Pinelli, Lelio ^e   Pandiscia, Anna ^f   Navarra, Francesco ^g   Lauria, Adele ^h   Palmiero, Rosa ^h   Indovina, Pietro Luigi ^h  

^a Struttura complessa di epidemiologia molecolare e nutrizionale   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c Department of Paediatrics   (Italy)

^d Melegnano Hospital   (Italy)

^e Frosinone Hospital   (Italy)

^f Department of Pediatrics   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Computer aided diagnosis; Diagnosis; Mammography

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; MAMMOGRAPHY; SCREENING; TUMORS;

PROFICIENCY TEST;

RADIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; READING; SIMULATION;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037300318     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0720-048X(02)00011-6     Document Type: Article

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