ROC curve analysis of lesion detectability on phantoms: comparison of digital spot mammography with conventional spot mammography
| Autor: | S Y Pang, W S Yim, W M Yip, C S Kwok |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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Digital mammography
Receiver operating characteristic medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Computer science Phantoms Imaging Statistical difference Curve analysis General Medicine Equipment Design Sensitivity and Specificity Radiographic Image Enhancement ROC Curve medicine Mammography Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Screening tool Charge-coupled device Female Nuclear medicine business Image resolution |
| Zdroj: | The British journal of radiology. 74(883) |
| ISSN: | 0007-1285 |
| Popis: | Although conventional screen--film mammography has excellent spatial resolution and is commonly used as a screening tool, certain inherent limitations prevent its further improvement. New digital mammography techniques, despite lower spatial resolution than screen--film mammography, may overcome these limitations. This study compared lesion detectability between charge coupled device-based digital spot mammography and conventional spot mammography. A total of 100 sets of images of specially designed breast phantoms was acquired, with variable background achieved by overlapping several layers of grapefruit fibre on a 4 cm thick lucite slab, using both modalities. 75 sets were "normal" images and 25 sets were images with simulated lesions. Four radiologists assessed the images according to a five-point confidence scale. The results were used to construct receiver operating characteristic curves. No statistical difference was observed between the two sets of curves for individual radiologists as well as pooled data. The lower spatial resolution of digital mammography was compensated for by its higher contrast sensitivity relative to conventional spot mammography. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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