Powerful Online Training Tool Improves Accuracy to Better Inform Clinical Decisions
SILICON VALLEY, November 16, 2020 – Radiologists around the world will have access to a first-of-its-kind online breast density training tool designed to improve radiologists’ ability to correctly identify women’s breast density categories to comply with the Breast Imaging-Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS), thanks to a collaboration between DetectedX and Volpara Health.
The new training module, DensityED, integrates key technologies from Volpara and DetectedX. Volpara has provided breast density assessments for more than 13 million women in 39 countries. The world-leading, cloud-based education platform, BreastED from DetectedX, is already transforming the results that radiologists achieve by lowering recall rates, and improving cancer detection by over 34%.
“While we have seen tremendous advances in medical imaging and AI tools to improve the detection of breast cancer, varying levels of skill and experience among radiologists reading mammograms can contribute to interpretation errors and variations in assessing breast density. Such errors and variations can delay diagnosis and impact the effectiveness of the treatment of disease, which may have important clinical and economic implications,” said Patrick Brennan, CEO DetectedX and Chair, Diagnostic
Imaging, University of Sydney.
“DensityED will help radiologists improve their ability to correctly and consistently perform BI-RADS density assessment, which is becoming increasingly important in light of the personalization of screening and expected FDA density reporting regulations,” said Dr. Ralph Highnam, PhD, founder and CEO of Volpara Health Technologies.
The new DensityED takes radiologists through test modules to rate more than 60 mammogram images of various levels of difficulty, and challenges the radiologist to classify the images as BI-RADS breast density categories from A through D. DensityED provides immediate feedback on reading performance and highlights the density classifications made by the radiologists. The tool also provides feedback when the radiologists’ classification differs from the classification by Volpara software, enabling radiologists to identify and correct errors. DensityED allows radiologists to compare their accuracy across the globe and regionally. At the end of the training, users receive continuing education credits.
A potential new federal regulation, proposed in February 2019, would require mammography facilities across the country to include whether a patient has dense breast composition in the report following her screening mammogram.
DensityED is available to Volpara customers in 39 countries and will be sold independently through DetectedX. Through this partnership, Volpara will also make BreastED, DetectedX’s gold standard in radiologic breast cancer detection training, available to clinicians. Volpara’s density software has been included in more than 300 peer-reviewed articles and research abstracts, and is the most clinically validated automatic, volumetric breast density assessment software in the field of breast cancer research.
About Volpara Health
Volpara Health provides an advanced AI software platform that works with a healthcare provider’s expertise to enable a high-quality, optimized and personalized cancer screening experience. From the time a patient enters a clinic to the moment they obtain key results, the Volpara Breast Health Platform collects and analyzes information to better understand a patient’s breast cancer risk, while also objectively evaluating image quality and workflow-improvement opportunities. These capabilities are being extended to lung cancer screening. The Volpara Breast Health Platform is supported by numerous patents, trademarks, and regulatory registrations including FDA clearance and CE marking and is validated by a volume of peer-reviewed publications unrivaled in the breast screening industry.
For more information, visit volparahealth.com