Cancer Cases from ACRIN Digital Mammographic Imaging Screening Trial: Radiologist Analysis with Use of a Logistic Regression Model

Cancer Cases from ACRIN Digital Mammographic Imaging Screening Trial: Radiologist Analysis with Use of a Logistic Regression Model
Etta D. Pisano, Suddhasatta Acharyya, Elodia B. Cole, Helga S. Marques, Martin J. Yaffe, Meredith Blevins, Emily F. Conant, R. Edward Hendrick, Janet K. Baum, Laurie L. Fajardo, Roberta A. Jong, Marcia A. Koomen, Cherie M. Kuzmiak, Yeonhee Lee, Dag Pavic, Sora C. Yoon, Wittaya Padungchaichote, and Constantine Gatsonis
Radiology 2009;252 348-357

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Our analysis results suggest that, image contrast was the most important factor in the improved performance of digital mammography, as compared with screen-film mammography, in the Digital Mammographic Imaging Screening Trial

Cancer Cases from ACRIN Digital Mammographic Imaging Screening Trial: Radiologist Analysis with Use of a Logistic Regression Model

Cancer Cases from ACRIN Digital Mammographic Imaging Screening Trial: Radiologist Analysis with Use of a Logistic Regression Model
Etta D. Pisano, Suddhasatta Acharyya, Elodia B. Cole, Helga S. Marques, Martin J. Yaffe, Meredith Blevins, Emily F. Conant, R. Edward Hendrick, Janet K. Baum, Laurie L. Fajardo, Roberta A. Jong, Marcia A. Koomen, Cherie M. Kuzmiak, Yeonhee Lee, Dag Pavic, Sora C. Yoon, Wittaya Padungchaichote, and Constantine Gatsonis
Radiology 2009;252 348-357

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Our analysis results suggest that, image contrast was the most important factor in the improved performance of digital mammography, as compared with screen-film mammography, in the Digital Mammographic Imaging Screening Trial

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

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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

Diagnostic Accuracy of Digital versus Film Mammography

Diagnostic Accuracy of Digital versus Film Mammography: Exploratory Analysis of Selected Population Subgroups in DMIST
Etta D. Pisano, R. Edward Hendrick, Martin J. Yaffe, Janet K. Baum, Suddhasatta Acharyya, Jean B. Cormack, Lucy A. Hanna, Emily F. Conant, Laurie L. Fajardo, Lawrence W. Bassett, Carl J. D'Orsi, Roberta A. Jong, Murray Rebner, Anna N. A. Tosteson, Constantine A. Gatsonis For the DMIST Investigators Group
Radiology 2008;246 376-383
http://radiology.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/abstract/246/2/376?etoc

The results reported here corroborate the trend in favor of improved diagnostic accuracy of digital mammography over film for pre- and perimenopausal women younger than 50 years with dense breasts