Probabilistic Computer Model Developed from Clinical Data in National Mammography Database Format to Classify Mammographic Findings

Probabilistic Computer Model Developed from Clinical Data in National Mammography Database Format to Classify Mammographic Findings
Elizabeth S. Burnside, Jesse Davis, Jagpreet Chhatwal, Oguzhan Alagoz, Mary J. Lindstrom, Berta M. Geller, Benjamin Littenberg, Katherine A. Shaffer, Charles E. Kahn, Jr, and C. David Page
Radiology 2009;251 663-672

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We demonstrate that our Bayesian network can use a database of prospectively collected findings at mammography to calculate an accurate risk of malignancy and improve on radiologist performance measures in the classification of benign and malignant breast disease