The purpose of this pilot is to provide credible performance estimate information in order to conduct subsequent reader studies.
This pilot reader study was to determine the following: 1. the radiologist's performance metrics for the two reading modalities, i.e., "FFDM read on the Aspire Bellus workstation" and "FFDM read in conjunction with DBT read on the Aspire Bellus workstation",; 2. the magnitude and direction of differences between performance metrics for the two modalities; and 3. variance components and correlations that would influence samples sizes and case mix for the subsequent pivotal reader study comparing performance metrics between the two modalities.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
100
FujiFilm Aspire Cristalle System
FujiFilm Aspire Cristalle System
Scottsdale Medical Imaging, Limited (SMIL)
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
Elizabeth Wende Breast Care, LLC (EWBC)
Rochester, New York, United States
University of North Carolina - at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas, United States
Compare Per Subject Area Under Curve (AUC): FFDM Only vs DBT Plus FFDM
Breast AUC performance metrics to determine if FFDM plus DBT improved cancer detection rate, requiring correct lesion localization. Statistician to estimate AUCs for each reader in each review condition (FFDM read in conjunction with FFDM plus DBT read) based on their Probability of Malignancy (POM) scores. POM scores will require correct lesion localization, such that in a case with cancer if the reader recorded one or more findings in the case but none of them are determined by the truther to match the location(s) of any proven malignancies, a POM score of 0 will be assigned to the case. Statistician to provide graphical representations of each reader's ROC curve for each review condition. For each reader the difference between the AUC for the FFDM read in conjunction with the FFDM plus DBT will be presented. Statistician to perform MRMC comparison of AUC's between FFDM read in conjunction with FFDM plus DBT using the MRMC method of Dorfman, Berbaum \& Metz (1992).
Time frame: 1 month
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