Martin D. Pickles1, Lindsay W. Turnbull1
1Centre for MR Investigations,
University of Hull, Hull, East Yorkshire, United Kingdom
CADstream
is a computer aided diagnosis package developed to aid in the interpretation
of breast MR. Reports have demonstrated that CADstream provides quicker
interpretation, increased specificity and greater correlation with
histological size. However, these reports are based on the assessment of
pre-treatment lesions and not post chemotherapy lesions where a treatment
induced vascular shutdown is anticipated. The aim of this study was to assess
CADstreams accuracy post chemotherapy. In conclusion this study demonstrated
by reducing the enhancement and difference thresholds the sensitivity can be
increased resulting in fewer false negative results.