Computer-Aided Detection in Screening Mammography Enhances Performance of a Single Reader

Hologic, Inc. (NASDAQ:HOLX), a diversified medical technologies company specializing in imaging systems, diagnostics, and interventional devices dedicated to serving the healthcare needs of women, announced the publication of a large scale breast screening trial comparing a single radiologist using computer- aided detection (CAD) to double reading without CAD. The author of the study is Dr. Matthew Gromet of the Breast Imaging Section of Charlotte Radiology, a large imaging practice (approximately 66,000 screening mammograms a year) in Charlotte, North Carolina. The study(1), published in the on-line version of the American Journal of Roentgenology, the scientific journal of the American...

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