Evaluation of a Digital Telemammography System: A Model for a Regional System.
Abstract
The research hypothesis being tested is that a telemammography system utilizing a laser film digitizer at the transmitting site (with a 50-micron pixel size for spatial resolution and a 12-bit pixel range for contrast) and interactive two grayscale display monitors (2048 x 2560 x 8/12 bits) at the receiving site can be used to interpret mammography images with an accuracy level sufficient for primary diagnosis. To test the research hypothesis, the following four aims are to be completed: (1) Collection of 200 normal cases and 200 abnormal cases of specifically selected analog mammographic film images and patient data for use in evaluating a telemammography system; (2) convert the collected database of analog mammographic films into digital arrays using a laser film digitizer with a 50-micron pixel spot size and 12 bits per pix of dynamic range; (3) conduct an ROC analysis of the retrospective database of the analog mammographic image and digitized arrays displayed on the two monitor interactive gray scale workstation, each monitor displaying 2048 x 2560 x 8/12 bit portions of the 4K x 4k digitals arrays; (4) implement a digital transmission for evaluation of the telemammography system; (5) implement and test a quality control program and (6) evaluate the throughput rate of the implemented telemammography system.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1996
- Accession Number
- ADA321757
Entities
People
- Ellen Shaw De Parades
Organizations
- University of Virginia