News Item – Benefit of using computer aid detection for film mammograms not evident for digital mammograms

Some previous research said computer technology could serve almost as a second set of eyes for doctors. But some of these earlier studies involved adding computer detection to mammograms using outdated film X-rays, not more advanced digital X-rays now used in most mammograms nationwide, the study authors said. The older technique was more cumbersome; now computer-assisted detection is a standard part of digital mammogram machines.

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