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AI Performs Comparably to Human Readers of Mammograms

Imaging Technology

milla1cf Tue, 09/05/2023 - 09:00 September 5, 2023 — Using a standardized assessment, researchers in the UK compared the performance of a commercially available artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm with human readers of screening mammograms. For each test mammogram, the reader’s score is compared to the ground truth of the AI results.

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AI's impact on false-positive mammograms, breast cancer screening performance

AuntMinnie

million mammograms were performed in the U.S. Although mammogram is the most widely used screening modality, a known problem is that 9.5% As is common in Europe, NHS currently uses a two-radiologist reader assessment of breast mammograms, three when there is disagreement. Just over 40.5

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ChatGPT outperforms clinicians in post-negative test disease probability

AuntMinnie

ChatGPT-4 outperformed human clinicians in determining pretest and post-test disease probability after a negative test result involving chest radiographs and mammograms, according to a research letter published December 11 in JAMA Network Open.

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Volpara Health Breast Density and Mammography Quality Software Highlighted in New Peer-reviewed Research

Imaging Technology

The new model replaces assumptions of a homogeneous breast with a more representative fibroglandular tissue distribution and shifts to the use of percentage volumetric breast density (%VBD) to align with a clinically implemented breast composition metric.

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Overcoming Callback Anxiety: Tips for Staying Calm and Confident

Mammography Educators

Most c allbacks were for additional views and technical repeats for positioning were rare as clinical imaging standards had not been clearly identified. this is actually quite a normal response, even for those of us who are radiographers/mammographers. We don’t just get a callback on our mammogram for micro-calcifications.

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FDA approves Bayer’s Ultravist (iopromide) Injection for Contrast-enhanced Mammography

Imaging Technology

CEM is easy to perform in everyday clinical practice and can be used in various clinical settings, such as when routine imaging produces inconclusive findings. RadioGraphics 2019 39:7, 1907-1920. Breast Density on a Mammogram. RadioGraphics 2021 41:3, 829-839. Updated April 4, 2023. Sensakovic, et al.

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Why understanding breast density matters

The British Institute of Radiology

1) and may go undetected until they are larger and more likely to present with clinical symptoms [4]. 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?