Full-field digital mammographic interpretation with prior analog versus prior digitized analog mammography: Time for interpretation

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 196, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1436-1438

  Garg, Akshay S ^a   Rapelyea, Jocelyn A ^a   Rechtman, Lauren R ^a   Torrente, Jessica ^a   Bittner, Rebecca B ^a   Coffey, Caitrín M ^a   Brem, Rachel F ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Full field digital mammography (FFDM); Mammogram interpretation time; Prior analog mammography; Prior digitized analog mammography

Indexed keywords

ANALOG MAMMOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAMMOGRAPHY; MONITOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGIST; SCREENING TEST; TIME; X RAY FILM;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79960523832     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.5430     Document Type: Article

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