Computer-aided detection is increasingly being used in screening and diagnostic mammography

The use of computer-aided detection (CAD) is increasing, in both screening and diagnostic mammography, according to a study in the October issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology (www.jacr.org). CAD software systems highlight and alert the radiologist of abnormal areas of density, mass or calcification on a digitised mammographic image (of the breast) that may indicate the presence of cancer...

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