Mammographic calcification cluster detection and threshold gold thickness measurements

L. M. Warren; A. Mackenzie; J. Cooke; R. Given-Wilson; M. G. Wallis; D. P. Chakraborty; D. R. Dance; K. C. Young

doi:10.1117/12.911434

2 March 2012 Mammographic calcification cluster detection and threshold gold thickness measurements

L. M. Warren, A. Mackenzie, J. Cooke, R. Given-Wilson, M. G. Wallis, D. P. Chakraborty, D. R. Dance, K. C. Young

Proceedings Volume 8313, Medical Imaging 2012: Physics of Medical Imaging; 83130J (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.911434
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2012, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

European Guidelines for quality control in digital mammography specify acceptable and achievable standards of image quality (IQ) in terms of threshold gold thickness using the CDMAM test object. However, there is little evidence relating such measurements to cancer detection. This work investigated the relationship between calcification detection and threshold gold thickness. An observer study was performed using a set of 162 amorphous selenium direct digital (DR) detector images (81 no cancer and 81 with 1-3 inserted calcification clusters). From these images four additional IQs were simulated: different digital detectors (computed radiography (CR) and DR) and dose levels. Seven observers marked and rated the locations of suspicious regions. DBM analysis of variances was performed on the JAFROC figure of merit (FoM) yielding 95% confidence intervals for IQ pairs. Automated threshold gold thickness (T_g) analysis was performed for the 0.25mm gold disc diameter on CDMAM images at the same IQs (16 images per IQ). T_g was plotted against FoM and a power law fitted to the data. There was a significant reduction in FoM for calcification detection for CR images compared with DR; FoM decreased from 0.83 to 0.63 (p≤0.0001). Detection was also sensitive to dose. There was a good correlation between FoM and T_g (R²=0.80, p<0.05), consequently threshold gold thickness was a good predictor of calcification detection at the same IQ. Since the majority of threshold gold thicknesses for the various IQs were above the acceptable standard despite large variations in calcification detection by radiologists, current EU guidelines may need revising.

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L. M. Warren, A. Mackenzie, J. Cooke, R. Given-Wilson, M. G. Wallis, D. P. Chakraborty, D. R. Dance, and K. C. Young "Mammographic calcification cluster detection and threshold gold thickness measurements", Proc. SPIE 8313, Medical Imaging 2012: Physics of Medical Imaging, 83130J (2 March 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.911434

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