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mammograms ok without CAD machines?
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mammograms ok without CAD machines?
by lucy5, Dec 10, 2005 12:00AM
I am a 53 year old healthy, active, post menopausal woman who has yearly mammograms. They have all been normal.I am not on hormones. My concern is that where I go for my mammograms, they do not have the Computer Assisted Diagnostic (CAD) machine to help the radiologists read the mammograms. Should I be concerned, does this mean my mammograms are not read accurately? Our radiologists are good, our hospital will not buy the CAD machines for them. Should I go for mammograms that do have this machine? Should I be concerned that my previous mammograms are ineffective? What is the advantage of having the CAD machine?
Thank you so much for helping.
Lucy
Thank you so much for helping.
Lucy
Doctor's Answer
by CCF-RN,MSN-rf, Dec 12, 2005 12:00AM
Dear Lucy: Computer assisted diagnostic machines for mammograms are designed more as a set of checks and balances than a replacement for a radiologist. That your facility does not have one does not mean your mammograms are ineffective. A CAD machine will offer an extra reading - not necessarily one that is better.
