Migration of the digital interactive breast-imaging teaching file

Fei Cao; Edward A. Sickles; H. K. Huang; Xiaoqiang Zhou

doi:10.1117/12.312543

26 June 1998 Migration of the digital interactive breast-imaging teaching file

Fei Cao, Edward A. Sickles, H. K. Huang, Xiaoqiang Zhou

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Proceedings Volume 3335, Medical Imaging 1998: Image Display; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.312543
Event: Medical Imaging '98, 1998, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

The digital breast imaging teaching file developed during the last two years in our laboratory has been used successfully at UCSF (University of California, San Francisco) as a routine teaching tool for training radiology residents and fellows in mammography. Building on this success, we have ported the teaching file from an old Pixar imaging/Sun SPARC 470 display system to our newly designed telemammography display workstation (Ultra SPARC 2 platform with two DOME Md5/SBX display boards). The old Pixar/Sun 470 system, although adequate for fast and high-resolution image display, is 4- year-old technology, expensive to maintain and difficult to upgrade. The new display workstation is more cost-effective and is also compatible with the digital image format from a full-field direct digital mammography system. The digital teaching file is built on a sophisticated computer-aided instruction (CAI) model, which simulates the management sequences used in imaging interpretation and work-up. Each user can be prompted to respond by making his/her own observations, assessments, and work-up decisions as well as the marking of image abnormalities. This effectively replaces the traditional 'show-and-tell' teaching file experience with an interactive, response-driven type of instruction.

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Fei Cao, Edward A. Sickles, H. K. Huang, and Xiaoqiang Zhou "Migration of the digital interactive breast-imaging teaching file", Proc. SPIE 3335, Medical Imaging 1998: Image Display, (26 June 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.312543

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