An Evaluation of Stereoscopic Digital Mammography for Earlier Detection of Breast Cancer and Reduced Rate of Recall
Abstract
The goal of this project is to evaluate, in a screening context, stereoscopic digital mammography versus standard, non-stereo digital mammography for the earlier detection of breast lesions during screening and reductions in the rate of patient recall for further work-up. During the project, more than 100 women at elevated risk for development of breast cancer will receive both standard (non-stereo) and stereo digital mammograms at the Emory Breast Clinic. In this third year of the project, we completed and installed new improved stereo display workstations at BBN and Emory, each based on a pair of high-resolution, Planar LOD medical monitors. We improved and added functionality to our software application, SDM Viewer, used by the participating mammographers to control many aspects of the displayed stereo mammograms. The study data forms were completed and revised, and data entry screens were developed for importation of case data into an SPSS database. We began enrolling patients into the study beginning in January of 2005. At the end of Year 3, we had imaged and processed 120 patients. While this sample is too small for statistical analysis, the early results look very promising for stereo mammography.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 2005
- Accession Number
- ADA444741
Entities
People
- David J. Getty
Organizations
- BBN Technologies