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Radiologists' interpretive skills in screening vs. diagnostic mammography: are they related? - PubMed - NCBI

Radiologists' interpretive skills in screening vs. diagnostic mammography: are they related? - PubMed - NCBI



 2016 Nov - Dec;40(6):1096-1103. doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2016.06.014. Epub 2016 Jul 1.

Radiologists' interpretive skills in screening vs. diagnostic mammography: are they related?

Abstract

PURPOSE:

This study aims to determine whether radiologists who perform well in screening also perform well in interpreting diagnostic mammography.

MATERIALS AND METHODS:

We evaluated the accuracy of 468 radiologists interpreting 2,234,947 screening and 196,164 diagnostic mammograms. Adjusting for site, radiologist, and patient characteristics, we identified radiologists with performance in the highest tertile and compared to those with lower performance.

RESULTS:

A moderate correlation was noted for radiologists' accuracy when interpreting screening versus their accuracy on diagnostic examinations: sensitivity (rspearman=0.51, 95% CI: 0.22, 0.80; P=.0006) and specificity (rspearman=0.40, 95% CI: 0.30, 0.49; P<.0001).

CONCLUSION:

Different educational approaches to screening and diagnostic imaging should be considered.

KEYWORDS:

Diagnostic mammography; Interpretive performance; Screening mammography; Sensitivity; Specificity

PMID:
 
27438069
 
PMCID:
 
PMC5159253
 [Available on 2017-11-01]
 
DOI:
 
10.1016/j.clinimag.2016.06.014

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