Observer variation in mammary thermography: results of a teaching file test carried out in four different centers.
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.
Mustacchi
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Centro Oncologico Usl, Trieste, Italy.
Milani
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Ciatto
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S
Del Turco
M R
MR
Luzzati
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G
Lattanzio
V
V
Pietri
P
P
D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D013817:Thermography / Q000592:standards*