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|Title: ||How much is enough? Factors affecting the optimal interpretation of breast screening mammograms|
|Authors: ||Scott, Hazel J.|
Gale, Alastair G.
|Keywords: ||Breast screening|
|Issue Date: ||2007|
|Publisher: ||© 2007 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers|
|Citation: ||SCOTT, H.J. and GALE, A.G., 2007. How much is enough? Factors affecting the optimal interpretation of breast screening mammograms. IN: Medical Imaging 2007: Image Perception, Observer Performance, and Technology Assessment, edited by Yulei Jiang and Berkman Sahiner, Proc. SPIE 6515,65150F (2007)|
|Abstract: ||PERFORMS (Personal Performance in Mammographic Screening), a self-assessment scheme for film-readers is
undertaken as an educational tool by mammographers reading breast-screening films in the UK. The scheme has been
running as a bi-annual exercise since its inception in 1991. In addition to completing the scheme each year the majority
of film-readers also choose to complete a questionnaire, administered as part of the scheme, indicating key aspects of
their every-day reading practice. These key aspects include, volume of cases read per week, time-on-task reading
screening films, incidence and time of break periods as well as typical number of film-reading sessions per week.
Previous recommendations on best screening practice (significantly the optimum time on task) were considered in the
light of these film-readers’ self-reports on a current PERFORMS case set.
In addition we looked at performance accuracy of over 450 film-readers reading PERFORMS cases (60 difficult
mammographic cases). Performance on measures akin to True Positive (Correct Recall Percentages) and True Negative
(Correct Return to Screen Percentages) decisions were investigated. Data presented demonstrate that individual
behaviours in real life screening, for the interpretation of mammographic cases, affect film-reading accuracy on a test
set of mammograms for specificity and sensitivity (namely volume of cases read per week and film-reading
experience). The consequences for best screening practice, in real life, are considered.|
|Description: ||Copyright 2007 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic electronic or print reproduction and distribution, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modification of the content of the paper are prohibited. This paper can also be found at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.708159|
|Appears in Collections:||Conference Papers and Presentations (Computer Science)|
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