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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 7.
Published in final edited form as: AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2014 Oct;203(4):909–916. doi: 10.2214/AJR.12.10187

TABLE 1.

Patient and Case Characteristic Distributions

Parameter CAD System
iCAD R2

Noncancer (n = 150) Cancer (n = 150) All (n = 300) Noncancer (n = 150) Cancer (n = 150) All (n = 300)

Age (y)
    < 50 44 (29.3) 29 (19.3) 73 38 (25.3) 26 (17.3) 64
    ≥ 50–64 74 (49.3) 76 (50.7) 150 74 (49.3) 80 (53.3) 154
    ≥ 65 32 (21.3) 45 (30.0) 77 38 (25.3) 44 (29.3) 82
Breast density
    Dense 75 (50.0) 69 (46.0) 144 77 (51.3) 75 (50.0) 152
    Fatty 75 (50.0) 81 (54.0) 156 73 (48.7) 75 (50.0) 148
Menopausal status
    Pre- or perimenopausal 49 (32.7) 40 (26.7) 89 38 (25.3) 42 (28.0) 80
    Postmenopausal 96 (64.0) 106 (70.7) 202 105 (70.0) 105 (70.0) 210
    Unknown 5 (3.3) 4 (2.7) 9 7 (4.7) 3 (2.0) 10
Manufacturer
    Fischer 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 46 (30.7) 47 (31.3) 93
    Fuji 37 (24.7) 18 (12.0) 55 27 (18.0) 13 (8.7) 40
    GE 113 (75.3) 127 (84.7) 240 76 (50.7) 86 (57.3) 162
    Lorad-Selenia (Hologic) 0 (0) 5 (3.3) 5 1 (0.7) 4 (2.7) 5
Digital workup?
    No 138 (92.0) 65 (43.3) 203 139 (92.7) 63 (42.0) 202
    Yes 12 (8.0) 85 (56.7) 97 11 (7.3) 87 (58.0) 98
Histologya
    DCIS 41 (27.3) 43 (28.7)
    Invasive cancer 109 (72.7) 106 (70.7)
    Other 0 (0) 1 (0.7)
Tumor sizea (mm)
    ≤ 5 17 (11.3) 17 (11.3)
    > 5–10 29 (19.3) 26 (17.3)
    > 10 70 (46.7) 66 (44.0)
    Unknown 34 (22.7) 41 (27.3)
Lesion typea
    Mass 65 (43.3) 65 (43.3)
    Asymmetric density 10 (6.7) 7 (4.7)
    Calcification 52 (34.7) 48 (32.0)
    Architectural distortion 8 (5.3) 11 (7.3)
    Unknown 15 (10.0) 19 (12.7)

Note—Data shown are number of cases with percentages in parentheses. CAD = computer-aided detection, iCAD = SecondLook CAD system (version 1.4, iCAD), R2 = ImageChecker Cenova CAD system (version 1.0, Hologic), DCIS = ductal carcinoma in situ.

a

Presented for positive cases when available from pathology reports.