title: Observer variation in mammary thermography: results of a teaching file test carried out in four different centers.
abstract: To evaluate observer variation in mammary thermography, a teaching file test of 159 thermographies was worked out by 4 senology centers. The evaluation of accuracy and the K index of variability demonstrated a significant variability among centers. The reliability of thermography in senology seems to be too poor for it to be able to direct any therapeutic decision, either diagnostic or prognostic.
authors.affiliation: Centro Oncologico Usl, Trieste, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mustacchi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Milani
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ciatto
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Del Turco
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Luzzati
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lattanzio
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pietri
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D013817:Thermography / Q000592:standards*