This was a multi-center, prospective clinical trial in which the subject was her own control. Approximately 950-1400 female subjects were enrolled at five (5) sites in the United States. Subjects were from either a Screening population or a biopsy population and were imaged first on a conventional 2D full filed digital mammography system then on a 3D tomosynthesis system. The resulting images from the this portion of the study were then randomized into a reader study. The purpose of this clinical study was to compare the 3-D tomosynthesis system used in conjunction with a conventional 2-D digital imaging system (2-D plus 3-D images) to the conventional 2-D digital imaging system (2-D images), and to determine whether the 2-D plus 3-D images compared to the 2-D images alone would: 1. Reduce the recall rate And/or 2. Improve ROC area due to improved breast cancer detection and/or improved lesion classification.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Enrollment
1,183
a full-field digital mammography system where multiple images are acquired at various angles near the normal to the detector. Breast compression is performed in a standard geometry. The acquired images are reconstructed using mathematical algorithms, not unlike CT reconstructions, to generate a set of thin slices parallel to the breast platform. The reconstructed slices can be viewed individually or in a movie format.
Yale New Haven Hospital
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
University of Iowa Medical Center
Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States
Magee Women's Hospital
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
To detect a 20% reduction in the recall rate when comparing the recall rate using the BIRADS 0 scores of the 2-D plus 3-D images to the 2-D images.
Time frame: 10-12 months
To detect a 0.05 increase in the area under the ROC curve when comparing 2-D plus 3-D images to the 2-D images.
Time frame: 10-12 months
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