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Computer Aided Detection, or CAD technology, is one of the most significant advancements of the past decade in mammography. More than 25 published studies support the use of CAD in conjunction with both analog and digital mammography technologies. Using a sophisticated algorithm, the CAD software marks the “areas of interest” on a mammogram for the radiologist to review.
CAD technology also helps the radiologists work more efficiently, which in turn benefits patients. CAD-marked mammography images provide efficiencies that can improve the flow of patients within a mammography center and enable radiologists to provide mammography results to their patients sooner. By improving the detection of breast cancer, more cancers can be caught in the earlier stages when survival rates and patient outcomes can be most impacted.
The Springfield Regional Imaging Center uses iCAD, Inc. SecondLook® Computer Aided Detection system with all mammography exams
CAD Solutions for Mammography
- According to published clinical studies, the sensitivity of traditional mammography alone for breast cancer screening ranges from 70-90% thus 10-30% of cancers are missed.
- The early detection of breast cancer can save lives and often permits less costly and less invasive cancer treatment options than when detected at a later stage.
- An increasing number of radiologists use computer-aided detection (CAD) as a “second pair of eyes” when reading a mammogram.
- CAD uses computerized algorithms for identifying suspicious regions of interest. The intent of CAD is to aid the radiologist in his or her interpretation of mammograms.
- The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first CAD system as an aid to the radiologist in screening mammography in June of 1998.
- iCAD’s technology is extremely proficient at identifying difficult to see calcifications on a mammogram. Clinical trials demonstrated that use of iCAD’s mammography systems detect 20-25% more breast cancers than mammography alone.
Image of a Mammogram Using CAD System
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