Monday, 30 March 2009

Comparison of Soft-copy and Hard-copy Reading for Full-Field Digital Mammography

Comparison of Soft-copy and Hard-copy Reading for Full-Field Digital Mammography
Robert M. Nishikawa, Suddhasatta Acharyya, Constantine Gatsonis, Etta D. Pisano, Elodia B. Cole, Helga S. Marques, Carl J. D'Orsi, Dione M. Farria, Kalpana M. Kanal, Mary C. Mahoney, Murray Rebner, Melinda J. Staiger For the Digital Mammography Image Screening Trial investigator group
Radiology 2009;251 41-49

Link to Journal

DMIST Reader Study findings -
In a large reader study, it was found that there was no advantage to soft-copy reading of full-field digital mammograms over digitally printed images

BUT the display formats were not optimized and display software remains an evolving process, particularly for soft-copy reading

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