title: Digital mammography: clinical image evaluation.
abstract: This article addresses the essential components of the clinical image evaluation process for mammography examinations. The American College of Radiology Mammography Accreditation Program has specified 8 categories of image evaluation that are addressed in this article. While focused on the 2-view screening examination, the same general principles should apply to diagnostic mammograms. This article specifically focuses on the clinical image evaluation process as it applies to digital mammography.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiological Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 200 UCLA Medical Plaza, Room 165-47, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. lbassett@mednet.ucla.edu
authors.forename: Lawrence W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Bassett
authors.forename: Anne C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Hoyt
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oshiro
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000517:prevention & control; D003287:Contrast Media; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008327:Mammography / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012984:Software; D013382:Subtraction Technique; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media