CAD for mammography: the technique, results, current role and further developments.
CAD systems, developed to assist the radiologist in the detection of suspicious lesions on mammograms, are currently controversially discussed. The highly sensitive detection of malignant structures including priors by CAD is linked with a low specific performance and a high rate of falsely positive markings. This causes controversial results regarding the effect of CAD systems for the diagnosing radiologist. This review aims to give an overview of the current literature, to state the currently discussed controversial results of CAD and to give an outlook on the next developments, which are not limited to senology, but include many other applications of CAD systems in radiology.
Malich
Ansgar
A
Institute of Diagnostic Radiology, Suedharz-Krankenhaus Nordhausen, R.-Koch-Str. 39, 99374, Nordhausen, Germany. ansgar.malich@med.uni-jena.de
Fischer
Dorothee R
DR
Böttcher
Joachim
J
D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000639:trends*; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*; D011857:Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*