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National Cancer Policy Forum; Board on Health Care Services; Institute of Medicine; The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Assessing and Improving the Interpretation of Breast Images: Workshop Summary. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2015 Oct 23.

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Assessing and Improving the Interpretation of Breast Images: Workshop Summary.

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Acronyms

ACR

American College of Radiology

ACS

American Cancer Society

AHRQ

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

ARRT

American Registry of Radiologic Technologists

BCSC

Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium

BI-RADS

Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System

CAD

computer-aided diagnosis

CME

Continuing Medical Education

CMS

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

DCIS

ductal carcinoma in situ

FDA

Food and Drug Administration

FN

false negative

FP

false positive

HIPAA

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996

IOM

Institute of Medicine

MISA

Mammography Interpretive Skills Assessment

MOC

maintenance of certification

MQSA

Mammography Quality Standards Act

MRI

magnetic resonance imaging

NCI

National Cancer Institute

NMD

National Mammography Database

NMQAAC

National Mammography Quality Assurance Advisory Committee

PERFORMS

Personal Performance in Mammography Screening

PPV

positive predictive value

RT

Registered Technologist

RVU

relative value unit

TN

true negative

TP

true positive

Copyright 2015 by the National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
Bookshelf ID: NBK327231

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