Observer variation in mammary thermography: results of a teaching file test carried out in four different centers
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G Mustacchi1, S Milani, S Ciatto
1Centro Oncologico Usl, Trieste, Italy.
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|February 28, 1990
Abstract:
To evaluate observer variation in mammary thermography, a teaching file test of 159 thermographies was worked out by 4 senology centers. The evaluation of accuracy and the K index of variability demonstrated a significant variability among centers. The reliability of thermography in senology seems to be too poor for it to be able to direct any therapeutic decision, either diagnostic or prognostic.