Technological synergies effective in detecting breast cancer
The use of computer-aided detection (CAD) with computed radiography (CR) is very effective in the detection of breast cancer according to a recent study at George Washington University Medical Center in Washington, DEC and iCAD in Nashua, NH.
According to the lead author of the study, Rachel Brem, there is no doubt that CR will be an increasingly important technology in breast imaging and the advantages of detecting breast cancer with CAD are proved by several studies anyway . Therefore, bringing these technologies together can again improve the detection rate of breast cancer.
The study shows, that CAD had a high sensitivity of 89 % with CR mammography that was maintained even in conditions that may lower the sensitivity of mammography, such as dense breasts and small lesions one millimetre or less. The results demonstrate that CAD´s performance with CR is comparable to that with film screen mammography, which results in a more successful detection of earlier and smaller breast cancers. Due to the fact, that mammography becomes more and more digital, the combination of CAD and CR becomes increasingly important.
The full results of the study will be presented on Tuesday, May 8 druing the American Roentgen Ray Society Annual Meeting in Orlando, FL.
For further information, please have a look at: http://www.arrs.org/
This article was published on 05/08/2007
