Clinical and Technical Evaluation of Full-Field Digital Mammography
Abstract
This report summarizes the work performed in Year 2 of a three-year study to evaluate full-field digital mammography (FFDM) as a screening tool for breast cancer. Accomplishments during year two include 1) further progress toward optimization of technique factors to maximize low-contrast lesion detection with FFDM, and 2) performance of FFDM in addition to screen-film mammography on over 3,000 women volunteers over the past year, bringing the total number of study participants to 3,961 women at the two screening sites (UCHSC and UMMC). Interim clinical results include a statistically significant lower false positive rate with FFDM than with SFM and statistically indistinguishable sensitivities to breast cancer with the two modalities, in part due to the limited number of cancer cases (22) included among study volunteers to date. In Year 3, volunteer accrual will be higher due to increased accrual at UCHSC and UMMC, plus the addition of new study sites at Bethesda Naval Hospital and the University of South Florida.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1999
- Accession Number
- ADB246947
Entities
People
- R. E. Hendrick
Organizations
- University of Colorado Health