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WE‐E‐217A‐04: Training and QA Procedures for Using CAD Systems
Author(s) -
Summers R
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
medical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.473
H-Index - 180
eISSN - 2473-4209
pISSN - 0094-2405
DOI - 10.1118/1.4736171
Subject(s) - cad , computer science , quality assurance , medical physics , medicine , engineering , engineering drawing , operations management , external quality assessment
Computer‐aided detection/diagnosis (CAD) devices for radiology are becoming increasingly available for clinical use. To achieve the highest possible benefit from CAD systems, best practices are required for clinical implementation and use of CAD. This lecture will discuss four areas of interest to the medical physics community pertaining to CAD best practices: off‐label use and pitfalls, user training, QA of CAD use, and academic opportunities for quality assurance (QA) research. Financial Disclosure: Patent royalties from and research agreement with iCAD; software license to Translational Sciences Corporation. Learning Objectives: 1. Understand benefits of PACS integration of CAD. 2. Identify potential issues with off‐label use of CAD. 3. Understand the importance of user training relating to CAD devices. 4. Learn potential QA procedures to assure proper use of CAD as designed. 5. Learn about areas of CAD user training and QA that could benefit from further research.