| Principal Investigator: | Carolyn Rutter |
| Co-Investigators: | Jennifer Nelson, Diana Buist, Constance Lehman |
| Funder: | National Cancer Institute |
| Project Dates: | April 1, 2000 – March 31, 2005 |
Abstract:
To use a test set of mammograms to compare a radiologist’s unaided performance (sensitivity, specificity, accuracy) to their performance after viewing the digitized image and prompts from ImageChecker™’s computer assisted reading equipment. To evaluate whether any improvement in performance is modified by breast density (high vs. low).
2007 supplement: To obtain films read by radiologists in original sets and scan, digitize and read for continuous density for comparison with original density as reported by radiologists.
Publications:
Taplin SH, Rutter CM, Lehman CD. Testing the effect of computer-assisted detection on interpretive performance in screening mammography. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2006 Dec;187(6):1475-82. Abstract.
Kerlikowske K, Ichikawa L, Miglioretti DL, Buist DS, Vacek PM, Smith-Bindman R, Yankaskas B, Carney PA, Ballard-Barbash R; National Institutes of Health Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium. Longitudinal measurement of clinical mammographic breast density to improve estimation of breast cancer risk. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2007 Mar 7;99(5):386-95. Abstract.