What is Computer Assisted Detection (CAD) in mammography?
The computer-aided detection (CAD) is a program that searches mammograms for suspicious features or irregularities that could be caused by cancer. When the computer finds anything unusual it indicates it on a screen for the radiologist to look at. It is considered a computerized second opinion for the radiological reading. Study results published today show that mammogram readings by a single expert plus the CAD system may be as good as those read by two expert radiologists, and in some cases the new combination could be even more successful. The results showed that the cancer detection rate by a single reader using CAD was at least as good as that when the films were originally read by two readers. We offer CAD readings on all of our mammograms at the Breast Center of Texoma for increased quality in our mammographic interpretations.
