An evaluation of stereoscopic digital mammography for earlier detection of breast cancer and reduced rate of recall

The goal of this project is to evaluate stereoscopic digital mammography, compared to standard, non- stereo digital mammography, for the earlier detection of breast cancer and reduced rate of patient recall for further workup. During the project, approximately 2000 women at elevated risk for development of breast cancer will receive stereo mammograms at the Emory Breast Clinic. In the first year of the project, we built a high-resolution (2304 x 1800 pixels) stereo display workstation that will be used during the project, and we wrote a software application that will be used by the participating mammographers to control various aspects of the displayed stereo mammograms as they interpret mammographic cases.We also wrote software to calibrate the grayscale on the high-resolution grayscale monitor to comply with the DICOM standard. The stereo workstation was shipped to Emory University near the end of the first project year. Working with project staff at Emory University, we developed the set of data forms that will be used to collect study data on patients enrolled into the project.