A comparative study of conventional mammography film interpretations with soft copy readings of the same examinations

Journal of Digital Imaging

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 42-52

  Gitlin, Joseph N ^a   Narayan, Anand K ^a   Mitchell, Chad A ^b   Akmal, Ali M ^a   Eisner, David J ^a   Peterson, Lindsy M ^a   Nie, Daisy ^a   McClintock, Tyler R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Digitized mammography; Interpreting digitized mammography images; ROC based analysis; Transition to digital imaging

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL IMAGING; DIGITIZED MAMMOGRAPHY; MAMMOGRAPHY FILM DIGITIZERS; SOFT COPY READINGS;

DATA RECORDING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; RADIOLOGY;

MAMMOGRAPHY;

ANALOG DIGITAL CONVERTER; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FILM; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DATA DISPLAY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ROC CURVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34147098495     PISSN: 08971889     EISSN: 1618727X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10278-006-1046-1     Document Type: Article

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