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Table 3 Screening decision by prompt type and largest prompt size

From: Variable size computer-aided detection prompts and mammography film reader decisions

Prompt type

Prompt sizea

Screening decision

  

Recall

No recall

Normalb cases

   

   Calcifications only

Small

2 (3)

70 (97)

 

Large

5 (45)

6 (55)

   Massc

Small

14 (5)

261 (95)

 

Large

19 (10)

178 (90)

   Total

 

40 (7)

515 (93)

Cancerb cases

   

   Calcifications only

Small

11 (79)

3 (21)

 

Large

13 (68)

6 (31)

   Massc

Small

17 (71)

7 (29)

 

Large

49 (94)

3 (6)

   Size or type missing

 

7

3

  1. Data presented as n (%). aPrompt size in pixels. For calcifications: small, <14 pixels; large, ≥ 14 pixels. For masses: small, <18 pixels; large, ≥ 18 pixels. bNormal cases with any prompts anywhere on mammograms and cancer cases with any prompts in the region of interest. cIf prompting indicated both mass and calcification, the case was included as a mass.