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Paper Abstract
Previous studies comparing radiologists' behavior when reading mammograms that were
'digitized' from screen-film mammography (SFM) films and 'digital' mammograms obtained through
the use of Full-Field Digital Mammography (FFDM) systems either showed a significant advantage
to FFDM (mostly when a double-reading strategy was used) or no difference in performance
between the two modalities (primarily when a single-reader strategy was used). The visual search
characteristics used by radiologists in the reading of 'digitized' mammograms have been previously
studied, but few perceptual studies have been carried out to characterize radiologists' behavior
when reading 'digital' mammograms. In this paper we will compare the perceptual features related
to the radiologists' reading of 'digital' mammograms with those related to the reading of 'digitized'
mammograms. In addition, we will use spatial frequency analysis to characterize such a behavior
and compare it to the one employed in the reading of 'digitized' mammograms.
Paper Details
Date Published: 27 February 2010
PDF: 8 pages
Proc. SPIE 7627, Medical Imaging 2010: Image Perception, Observer Performance, and Technology Assessment, 76270D (27 February 2010); doi: 10.1117/12.844205
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 7627:
Medical Imaging 2010: Image Perception, Observer Performance, and Technology Assessment
David J. Manning; Craig K. Abbey, Editor(s)
PDF: 8 pages
Proc. SPIE 7627, Medical Imaging 2010: Image Perception, Observer Performance, and Technology Assessment, 76270D (27 February 2010); doi: 10.1117/12.844205
Show Author Affiliations
Claudia Mello-Thoms, Univ. of Pittsburgh (United States)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 7627:
Medical Imaging 2010: Image Perception, Observer Performance, and Technology Assessment
David J. Manning; Craig K. Abbey, Editor(s)
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