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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Acad Radiol. 2014 Aug 27;21(12):1547–1552. doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2014.07.009

Table 3.

Average reader preference for the shape/morphology of masses, MC assessment, and margin assessment.

Masses Microcalcifications Margins
Reader Mean STD p-value Mean STD p-value Mean STD p-value
1 −1.02 1.40 <.05 −1.80 1.01 <.05 −0.44 1.35 <.05
2 0.18 1.20 0.4094 −0.54 0.70 <.05 0.19 1.14 0.2984
3 0.75 1.35 <.05 −0.20 0.98 0.259 0.70 1.35 <.05
4 0.08 0.86 0.5800 −0.62 0.52 <.05 0.21 0.72 0.0743
Overall 0.07 1.34 -- −0.70 0.95 -- 0.16 1.22 --

Positive values represent a preference for stationary digital breast tomosynthesis compared to 2D mammography.