Wednesday, 2 April 2008

Digital Breast Tomosynthesis: A Pilot Observer Study

Walter F. Good, Gordon S. Abrams, Victor J. Catullo, Denise M. Chough, Marie A. Ganott, Christiane M. Hakim, and David Gur
AJR 2008;190:865-869

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The objective of our study was to assess ergonomic and diagnostic performance–related issues associated with the interpretation of digital breast tomosynthesis–generated examinations.
Observer performance measures were not statistically significant (p > 0.05) primarily because of the small sample size in this pilot study, suggesting that showing significant improvements in diagnosis, if any, will require a larger study. Several radiologists did perceive the digital breast tomosynthesis image set and the projection series to be better than FFDM (p <>

Tomosynthesis-based breast imaging may have great potential, but much work is needed before its optimal role in the clinical environment is known.

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