Breast imaging: a comparison of digital luminescence radiographs displayed on TV-monitor and film-screen mammography.

The purpose of this study was to compare the diagnostic accuracy of conventional film-screen mammograms with the corresponding digital luminescence mammograms saved on optical disk and viewed on a 1240-line monitor. One hundred mammograms from 100 patients, including 17 biopsy-proven cancers and one cancer confirmed by cytology, were reviewed. Five radiologists with different mammography experience served as observers, and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were constructed. The result of the monitor interpretation was not inferior to the conventional mammogram interpretation. One observer with vast mammography experience obtained excellent results with a digital interpretation.