Breast Cancer Screening

Reports outline breast cancer screening study findings from University of Texas

Published in Cancer Weekly, September 15th, 2009

According to recent research from the United States, "The American Association of Physicists in Medicine Task Group 18 has published standards and quality control (QC) guidelines to ensure consistency and optimal quality for digital image display systems (DIDSs). In many of these recommended QC tests, static test patterns that contain low-contrast objects are often used to assess and validate the quality of a DIDS."

"These low-contrast objects often have the shape of circular disks or squares with sharp edges, neither of which resemble most of the diagnostic findings in medical images. On the other hand, circular objects with fuzzy boundaries bear a closer resemblance...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-09-15)

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