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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 6.
Published in final edited form as: AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2012 Jun;198(6):W562–W567. doi: 10.2214/AJR.11.7971

Table 3.

Diagnostic and screening: Outcome measures by visual format

Type of mammogram Visual format Outcome measure Number of times viewed Number of radiologists who viewed at least once
Screening Outcomes table N/A 221 35
2 × 2 table N/A 37 17
Line graph CDR* 9 7
Line graph False positive rate 7 6
Line graph PPV1 6 5
Line graph Recall rate 3 3
Line graph Sensitivity 35 19
Line graph Specificity 10 7
Vertical bar graph CDR 8 5
Vertical bar graph False positive rate 4 4
Vertical bar graph PPV1 9 6
Vertical bar graph Recall rate 6 6
Vertical bar graph Sensitivity 35 18
Vertical bar graph Specificity 7 6
Scattergram N/A 30 15
Diagnostic Outcome table N/A 39 15
2 × 2 table N/A 16 7
Line graph Recall rate 6 1
Line graph Sensitivity 6 5
Vertical bar graph CDR 3 2
Vertical bar graph False positive rate 4 2
Vertical bar graph PPV2 2 2
Vertical bar graph Recall rate 5 2
Vertical bar graph Sensitivity 18 6
Vertical bar graph Specificity 5 2

• CDR – Cancer Detection Rate