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Table 1 Characteristics of mammograms and of women with raw–processed image pairs and SFM–digital image pairs

From: Mammographic density assessed on paired raw and processed digital images and on paired screen-film and digital images across three mammography systems

 

Raw–processed image pairs

Processed digital–SFM pairs

 

Set H1

Set H2

Set H3

Set G1

Set G2

Set F1

Set F2

Mammography system

Hologic (DD)

GE Medical Systems (DD)

Fuji (CR)

Fuji (SFM and CR)

Mammography machine

Lorad Selenia

Senographe 2000D

Senographe Essential (152 pairs), Senographe DS (87 pairs)

Clearview CSm

Views

L MLO

L MLO

L CC or R CC

L CC or R CC

L MLO

L CC and R CC

R CC

Pixel size (μm)

70

70

NK

NK

94 (91%), 100 (9%)

50

SFM: 50 (33%), 200 (67%); CR 50 (50%), 100 (50%)

Processing software version

AWS 3_3_1

AWS 3_4_1

NK

NK

ADS_43.10.1 (34.2%), ADS_54.10 (56.9%), ADS_54.11 (8.9%)

  

Number of image pairs

186

73

417

180

238

200

139

Number of women

186

73

417

180

238

100

139

Source of films

Chilean Cohort Study of Breast Cancer Risk (in ICMD)

Bahcesehir screening programme, Turkey

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Centre, USA

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Centre, USA

East London Breast Screening Centre, UK (in ICMD)

NK

BreastScreen Victoria, Australia

Yeara

2011–2013

2010–2011

2008–2010

2007–2011

2010–2012

2008

2004–2009

Agea (years), mean (SD)

41.0 (4.4)

49.5 (7.5)

63.5 (10.7)

58.5 (10.4)

58.0 (5.8)

55.1 (12.8)b

57.9 (5.1) first screen, 60.0 (5.1) second

BMIc (kg/m2), median (IQR)

27.6 (24.9–32.1)

NK

27.6 (24.3–32.4)

24.7 (22.3–27.0)

24.6 (22.5–28.8)

NK

NK

  1. aAt the time of mammography
  2. bAge was known for 47 of 100 women only. Set F1: both R CC and L CC images were saved in raw and processed formats, therefore there are 100 women and 200 image pairs
  3. cBMI at or near to mammography
  4. L left, R right, CC craniocaudal, MLO mediolateral oblique, GE General Electric, SFM screen-film mammography, DD direct digital, CR computed radiography, IMCD International Consortium on Mammographic Density, IQR interquartile range, NK not known, SD standard deviation