An observer study to assess the detection of calcification clusters using 2D mammography, digital breast tomosynthesis, and synthetic 2D imaging

The purpose of the study is to test the performance of the combination of digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) and synthetic views on the detection for cancers presenting as calcifications compared to the performance of planar mammography combined with DBT. A pilot study is presented. A set of 22 cases without cancer were collected from a Siemens Inspiration mammography system. Twenty-two simulated calcification clusters were inserted into the...