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Can customized reader pairing boost mammo double reading performance?

AuntMinnie

In Europe, breast cancer screening involves double reading, where two interpreting radiologists review mammography images. However, radiologist pairing in this setting is done randomly, and screening performance varies among radiologists. In total, the team included data from 3,592,414 mammography exams. per 1,000 exams 54.1

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AI Software Firm Announces Support of DenseBreast-info.org Ahead of SBI 2023 Symposium

Imaging Technology

1) After a mammogram, other screening tests such as ultrasound, and especially MRI, find additional cancers in dense breasts. Women should discuss density and other risk factors with their radiologist or health care provider. 2012 Nov;85(1019):1465-70. Epub 2012 Sep 19. Br J Radiol. doi: 10.1259/bjr/21256379.

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Combining AI Models Improves Breast Cancer Risk Assessment

Imaging Technology

“In recent years, AI has been studied for the purpose of diagnosing breast cancer earlier by automatically detecting breast cancers in mammograms and measuring the risk of future breast cancer.” Diagnostic AI models are trained to detect suspicious lesions on mammograms and are well suited to estimate short-term breast cancer risk.

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Why understanding breast density matters

The British Institute of Radiology

Women with dense breasts are BOTH more likely to develop breast cancer and more likely to have that cancer missed on a mammogram [5] Fig. 1 – Cancer on a mammogram of a fatty vs a dense breast What is Dense Breast Tissue? Breast density is determined through a mammogram and described as one of four categories (Fig.