Emphasis shifts from detection to diagnosis

May 1, 2008 Diagnostic Imaging. Emphasis shifts from detection to diagnosis Breast imaging, lung cancer assessment, and liver intervention tools will all benefit from advances Paula Gould -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Computer-aided detection and diagnosis tools continue to advance and could at some point become superior to radiologists, presenters from Germany said during a special session at the European Congress of Radiology in Vienna in March. The potential of CAD in breast imaging was first noted back in 1967, said Prof. Ulrich Bick, a professor of radiology at the Charité Medical University of Berlin. CAD algorithms have evolved considerably since then, leading to a steady improvement in performance. Bick showed data from a 2008 study revealing 100% sensitivity for breast CAD in detecting microcalcifications and 91% sensitivity for malignant masses.

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