Paper Info
Title
A Comparison between Film-Screen Mammography and Full-Field Digital Mammography Utilizing Phase Contrast Technology in Breast Cancer Screening Programs
Abstract
A digital phase contrast mammography (PCM) system was introduced into a hospital's screening programs with the expectation of improved clinical image quality. A total of 3835 examinations with the PCM system and 4338 examinations with a film-screen (FS) system were performed. The screening performance measures of the two systems were compared. Both in recall rates and in cancer detection rates, the performances of PCM and FS exhibited no statistically significant difference. For microcalcifications and masses, recall rates were lower with PCM than with FS despite the fact that more findings were reported with PCM. It would appear that PCM's superior depiction of abnormalities helped radiologists improve the accuracy of categorization. PCM is considered a beneficial imaging modality in breast cancer screening programs.
Year
DOI
Venue
2008
10.1007/978-3-540-70538-3_7
Digital Mammography / IWDM
Keywords
Field
DocType
significant difference,breast cancer screening program,full-field digital mammography utilizing,phase contrast technology,beneficial imaging modality,breast cancer screening programs,pcm system,cancer detection rate,improved clinical image quality,film-screen mammography,screening performance measure,digital phase contrast mammography,recall rate,screening program,statistical significance,image quality,phase contrast
Digital mammography,Phase contrast microscopy,Mammography,Breast cancer screening,Image quality,Cancer detection,Radiology,Medicine
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
5116
0302-9743
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
2
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Takako Morita1177.08
Maya Yamada200.68
Akiko Kano311.11
Sumiya Nagatsuka401.35
Chika Honda562.35
Tokiko Endo641.20