Reproducibility of Prompts in Computer-aided Detection (CAD) of Breast Cancer

Computer-Aided Detection of Amorphous Calcifications

“…C Fig. 2.-66- A recent report discussing reproducibility of prompts in CAD systems suggested that slight changes in a film position between sequential digitizations could result in variations of individual pixel values, thereby causing a CAD mark to move from just above to just below the threshold for detection on repeated scans [7]. Reproducibility was not evaluated in this study; however, amorphous calcifications may be especially susceptible to this problem given their small size and low contrast resolution.…”

“Hippocrates-mst”: a prototype for computer-aided microcalcification analysis and risk assessment for breast cancer

“…Reproducibility was not tested in our study; however, calcifications may be especially susceptible to this problem given their small size and low contrast resolution [40].…”

Performance and Reproducibility of a Computerized Mass Detection Scheme for Digitized Mammography Using Rotated and Resampled Images: An Assessment

“…Radiologists' confidence in CAD results is one of the most important factors in determining whether the use of these systems actually improves diagnostic performance [1,2]. Several studies have suggested that both the performance levels and the reproducibility of these systems can affect radiologists' confidence in and reliance on CAD results [3][4][5][6][7]. The reproducibility of CAD schemes rarely has been reported, partially because a comprehensive assessment of reproducibility is tedious and difficult, requiring repeated digitization of a large number of film mammograms.…”

“…The reproducibility of CAD schemes rarely has been reported, partially because a comprehensive assessment of reproducibility is tedious and difficult, requiring repeated digitization of a large number of film mammograms. Otherwise, the results may be unreliable [6]. In addition, the original mammograms are not always available to the researcher for this purpose.…”

“…Copyright ARRS. For personal use only; all rights reserved tized image, it is believed that small shifts in film positioning between digitizations are also important factors affecting pixel values, resulting in poor reproducibility [6]. That effect is independent of the specific digitizer being used.…”