Variability in Interpretive Performance at Screening Mammography and Radiologists' Characteristics Associated with Accuracy

Variability in Interpretive Performance at Screening Mammography and Radiologists' Characteristics Associated with Accuracy
Joann G. Elmore, Sara L. Jackson, Linn Abraham, Diana L. Miglioretti, Patricia A. Carney, Berta M. Geller, Bonnie C. Yankaskas, Karla Kerlikowske, Tracy Onega, Robert D. Rosenberg, Edward A. Sickles, and Diana S. M. Buist
Radiology 2009;253 641-651

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Fellowship training in breast imaging was the only radiologists' characteristic significantly associated with greater sensitivity and higher overall accuracy; however, fellowship-trained radiologists also had significantly higher false-positive rates