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Early Detection - Computer-aided Detection
Reliable detection of abnormalities – with CAD
In the process of image interpretation, it is paramount to detect even the most subtle lesions, including clustered microcalcifications, spiculated and non-spiculated masses as well as architectural distortions.
Computer-aided detection (CAD) is a widely accepted clinical tool serving as a “second reader,” assisting clinicians by drawing their attention to suspicious areas in mammograms that require further review. With its ever-increasing accuracy, CAD has become an integral part of the digital mammography workflow, assisting you in the detection of cancer in its earliest and most easily treatable stage.
syngo MammoCAD*
And with the newest version of syngo MammoCAD*, up to 40 percent** of normal cases show no false positive CAD marks, saving the clinician valuable interpretation time during the second read phase.
* Not available for sale in the U.S.
** Results may vary. Data on file.
In combination with the syngo MammoReport, you will benefit from additional optional syngo MammoCAD features including: breast density in the MammoBrowser; customized display of CAD markers; additional CAD information that provides the number of calcifications in a cluster; and a corridor of interest for the identification of marked lesions in a second view using CAD findings.
“Using syngo MammoCAD is really helpful going through the 40-60 mammograms and screenings I review every morning. I used to review all the possibilitiesto find even smaller lesions. The second reader tool is beneficial and helps me with my second review.”
Karsten Ridder, MD, Radiological Group Practice, Outpatient
Clinic Professor Dr. Uhlenbrock and Partners, Diagnostic Breast
Center, St. Josefs-Hospital, Dortmund-Hoerde, Germany
Clinical cases
Obvious mass
This case demonstrates a small spiculated mass (15 mm), in the right breast. The breast contains scattered fibro-glandular densities (breast density 2), allowing for easy identification of the mass. The mass is detected in both views. There are no false marks.
Subtle small mass
(seen fully in only one view) There is a subtly spiculated 10 mm mass deep in the left breast. This case is interesting because the mass is so deep that it is only partially visualized in the CC view. In spite of this, the algorithm detected the mass in both views. The breast is fatty (breast density 1). There are no false marks.
Subtle cluster
(in extremely dense breast) This is a case of a cluster of mamma carcinomas. The breast is extremely dense (breast density 4), with a very low contrast between the breast tissue and the calcifications, making the finding subtle. The cluster is detected in both views of the left breast. There are 2 false mass marks in the left CC view, representing normal parenchyma, and one false mass mark in the left MLO view overlying the head of the humorus in the left shoulder.
Subtle asymmetric density
(in dense breast) This is a case of asymmetric density, with ill defined area of increased density in the right breast. The breast is heterogeneously dense (breast density 3), making the finding subtle. The asymmetric density was detected in both views, with an ellipse that is somewhat smaller than the area of asymmetry. There is one false mass in the left breast which represents an area of normal breast parenchyma.
Related News
‘A second Reader’: CAD in Mammography
Clinical Images – Examples
Obvious mass
Subtle small mass
Subtle cluster
Subtle asymmetric density
Publications
Competence in Computer Aided Detection [241 KB]
By Louise A. McKenna et al. / MEDICAL SOLUTIONS November 2004
