Is single reading with computer-aided detection (CAD) as good as double reading in mammography screening? A systematic review

BMC Medical Imaging

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Azavedo, Edward ^a   Zackrisson, Sophia ^b   Mejàre, Ingegerd ^c   Heibert Arnlind, Marianne ^a,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breast; CAD; Cancer; Double reading; Mammography; Screening; Single reading

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; BREAST TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84866318434     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2342-12-22     Document Type: Article

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