Accuracy of soft-copy digital mammography versus that of screen-film mammography according to digital manufacturer: ACRIN DMIST retrospective multireader studyR Edward Hendrick
Lynn Sage Comprehensive Breast Ctr and Dept of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern Univ, Galter Pavilion, 13th Floor, 251 E Huron St, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
Radiology 247:38-48. 2008
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United States Preventive Services Task Force screening mammography recommendations: science ignoredR Edward Hendrick
Department of Radiology, University of Colorado Denver, School of Medicine, C278, 12700 E 19th Ave, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 196:W112-6. 2011
..Evidence made available to the USPSTF strongly supports the mortality benefit of annual screening mammography beginning at age 40 years, whereas potential harms of screening with this regimen are minor...
Radiation doses and cancer risks from breast imaging studiesR Edward Hendrick
Department of Radiology, University of Colorado Denver, School of Medicine, Room C278, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
Radiology 257:246-53. 2010
..To compare radiation doses and lifetime attributable risks (LARs) of radiation-induced cancer incidence and mortality from breast imaging studies involving the use of ionizing radiation...
Comparison of acquisition parameters and breast dose in digital mammography and screen-film mammography in the American College of Radiology Imaging Network digital mammographic imaging screening trialR Edward Hendrick
Department of Radiology, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, 80045, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 194:362-9. 2010
..The purpose of our study was to compare the technical performance of full-field digital mammography (FFDM) and screen-film mammography...
Diagnostic accuracy of digital versus film mammography: exploratory analysis of selected population subgroups in DMISTEtta D Pisano
Department of Radiology, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7510, USA
Radiology 246:376-83. 2008
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Physical inactivity and percent breast density among Hispanic womenPilar Lopez
Department of Preventive Medicine, The Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 680 N Lake Shore Drive, Suite 1102, Chicago, IL, USA
Int J Cancer 107:1012-6. 2003
..These results support the need for further research investigating the effect of physical activity on breast cancer risk...
Mammography screening: a new estimate of number needed to screen to prevent one breast cancer deathR Edward Hendrick
Department of Radiology, University of Colorado Denver, School of Medicine, 12700 E 19th Ave, Mail Stop C278, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 198:723-8. 2012
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Community-based mammography practice: services, charges, and interpretation methodsR Edward Hendrick
Department of Radiology, Lynn Sage Comprehensive Breast Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Galter Pavilion, 13th Floor, 251 E Huron St, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 184:433-8. 2005
..The purpose of our study was to accurately describe facility characteristics among community-based screening and diagnostic mammography practices in the United States...
American College of Radiology Imaging Network digital mammographic imaging screening trial: objectives and methodologyEtta D Pisano
Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Radiology 236:404-12. 2005
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Optimization of technique factors for a silicon diode array full-field digital mammography system and comparison to screen-film mammography with matched average glandular doseEric A Berns
The Lynn Sage Comprehensive Breast Center, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA
Med Phys 30:334-40. 2003
..Under this constraint, optimum low-contrast lesion detection with FFDM was superior to that for SFM for all but the thinnest breasts...
Classification of breast lesions with multimodality computer-aided diagnosis: observer study results on an independent clinical data setKarla Horsch
Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, 5841 S Maryland Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Radiology 240:357-68. 2006
..66-0.69; P = .20). CONCLUSION: Use of multimodality intelligent workstations can improve the performance of radiologists in the task of differentiating malignant and benign lesions at mammography and sonography...
Technical quality control practices in mammography screening programs in 22 countriesR Edward Hendrick
The Lynn Sage Comprehensive Breast Center, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
Int J Qual Health Care 14:219-26. 2002
..To assess current technical quality control (QC) practices within breast cancer screening or surveillance programs internationally...
Digital and screen-film mammography: comparison of image acquisition and interpretation timesEric A Berns
Lynn Sage Comprehensive Breast Center, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 187:38-41. 2006
..The objective of our study was to compare acquisition times and interpretation times of screening examinations using screen-film mammography and soft-copy digital mammography...
How to optimize clinical breast MR imaging practices and techniques on Your 1.5-T systemDana R Rausch
Department of Radiology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Box 1234, 1 Gustave L Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
Radiographics 26:1469-84. 2006
..The imaging section thickness should be 3 mm or less, the pixel size should be less than 1 mm in each in-plane direction, and the total acquisition time should be less than 2 minutes...
Performance comparison of full-field digital mammography to screen-film mammography in clinical practiceEric A Berns
The Lynn Sage Comprehensive Breast Center, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA
Med Phys 29:830-4. 2002
..These results indicate that the clinical use of digital mammography may generally improve image quality for equal or lower breast doses, while providing tighter control on exposures and image quality than screen-film mammography...
Breast MR imaging artifacts: how to recognize and fix themJennifer A Harvey
Department of Radiology, University of Virginia, PO Box 800170, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
Radiographics 27:S131-45. 2007
..Once they are recognized, many of these artifacts can be corrected. Protocol monitoring and imaging-based feedback from the interpreting radiologist are essential for minimizing artifacts and optimizing breast MR imaging...
Associations of breast cancer risk factors with breast density in Hispanic womenSusan M Gapstur
Department of Preventive Medicine, The Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinos 60611, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 12:1074-80. 2003
..Additional research focusing on relationships of other, potentially modifiable, factors with the extent of breast density is warranted to better understand the interindividual variability in density among Hispanic women...
Clinical comparison of full-field digital mammography and screen-film mammography for detection of breast cancerJohn M Lewin
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 4200 E. 9th Ave, Mail Stop F724, Denver, CO 80262, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 179:671-7. 2002
..CONCLUSION: No significant difference in cancer detection was observed between digital mammography and screen-film mammography. Digital mammography resulted in fewer recalls than did screen-film mammography...
DMIST results: technologic or observer variability?Daniel B Kopans
Radiology 248:703; author reply 703. 2008
A limitation of ACRIN DMISTGordon L Hixson
Radiology 248:702; author reply 702-3. 2008
Does litigation influence medical practice? The influence of community radiologists' medical malpractice perceptions and experience on screening mammographyJoann G Elmore
Dept of Internal Medicine, Univ of Washington School of Medicine, Harborview Medical Ctr, 325 Ninth Ave, Box 359780, Seattle, WA 98104 2499, USA
Radiology 236:37-46. 2005
..To assess the relationship between radiologists' perception of and experience with medical malpractice and their patient-recall rates in actual community-based clinical settings...
Should breast imaging practices convert to digital mammography? A response from members of the DMIST Executive CommitteeEtta D Pisano
Radiology 245:12-3. 2007
Quality control for digital mammography: part II. Recommendations from the ACRIN DMIST trialMartin J Yaffe
Imaging Research Program, Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M4N 3M5, Canada
Med Phys 33:737-52. 2006
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Quality control for digital mammography in the ACRIN DMIST trial: part IAili K Bloomquist
Imaging Research Program, Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M4N 3M5, Canada
Med Phys 33:719-36. 2006
..Because of the relatively short duration of this study further, investigation of the long-term failure characteristics of these systems is advisable...
Mammographers' perception of women's breast cancer riskJoseph R Egger
Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA 98104-2499, USA
Med Decis Making 25:283-9. 2005
..However, only age was statistically significant. No association was found between radiologists' risk estimate and their recall rate. CONCLUSION: U.S. radiologists have a heightened perception of breast cancer risk...
Current realities of delivering mammography services in the community: do challenges with staffing and scheduling exist?Carl D'Orsi
Breast Imaging Center, Dept of Radiology, Emory Univ, W C I Building, 1701 Uppergate Drive, Suite C1104, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Radiology 235:391-5. 2005
..To evaluate the current (2001-2002) capacity of community-based mammography facilities to deliver screening and diagnostic services in the United States...
Radiologist uncertainty and the interpretation of screeningPatricia A Carney
Department of Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover and Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
Med Decis Making 24:255-64. 2004
..To determine radiologists' reactions to uncertainty when interpreting mammography and the extent to which radiologist uncertainty explains variability in interpretive performance...
Influence of computer-aided detection on performance of screening mammographyJoshua J Fenton
University of California, Davis, Sacramento, USA
N Engl J Med 356:1399-409. 2007
..Since the Food and Drug Administration approved the technology in 1998, it has been disseminated into practice, but its effect on the accuracy of interpretation is unclear...
The association between obesity and screening mammography accuracyJoann G Elmore
Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Harborview Medical Center, 325 Ninth Avenue, Box 359780, Seattle, WA 98104 2499, USA
Arch Intern Med 164:1140-7. 2004
..Obesity is increasing among American women, especially as they age. The influence of obesity on the accuracy of screening mammography has not been studied extensively...
Digital mammographyJohn M Lewin
Diversified Radiology of Colorado, P C, 938 Bannock Street, Suite 300, Denver, CO 80204, USA
Radiol Clin North Am 42:871-84, vi. 2004
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Accuracy of screening mammography interpretation by characteristics of radiologistsWilliam E Barlow
Cancer Research and Biostatistics, 1730 Minor Ave, Ste 1900, Seattle WA 98101, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 96:1840-50. 2004
..Radiologists differ in their ability to interpret screening mammograms accurately. We investigated the relationship of radiologist characteristics to actual performance from 1996 to 2001...
MRI evaluation of the contralateral breast in women with recently diagnosed breast cancerConstance D Lehman
University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
N Engl J Med 356:1295-303. 2007
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Reality check: perceived versus actual performance of community mammographersJoshua J Fenton
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, Davis, 4860 Y St, Ste 2300, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 187:42-6. 2006
..2%). CONCLUSION: Despite regular performance feedback, community radiologists may overestimate their true rates of recommending further evaluation after screening mammography and underestimate their true positive predictive value...