Same task, same observers, different values: The problem with visual assessment of breast density

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8673, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Sergeant, Jamie C ^a   Walshaw, Lani ^b   Wilson, Mary ^c   Seed, Sita ^b   Barr, Nicky ^c   Beetles, Ursula ^c   Boggis, Caroline ^c   Bundred, Sara ^c   Gadde, Soujanya ^c   Lim, Yit ^c   Whiteside, Sigrid ^c   Evans, D Gareth ^c   Howell, Anthony ^c   Astley, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bland Altman; Breast density; Mammogram; Observer variability; Repeatability; Visual analogue scale; Visual assessment

Indexed keywords

BLAND ALTMAN; BREAST DENSITY; MAMMOGRAM; OBSERVER VARIABILITY; REPEATABILITY; VISUAL ANALOGUE SCALE; VISUAL ASSESSMENTS;

ESTIMATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; X RAY SCREENS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 84878810175     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2006778     Document Type: Conference Paper

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