Pattern recognition for diagnosis

Grader A: hit

Computer pattern recognition was routine in imaging interpretation by 2009. Computer-aided detection was used in 79.7% of Medicare screening mammograms in 2009, up from 3.5% in 2001.

Test: Share of US screening mammograms read with CAD: 79.7% in 2009 (Medicare).

• Computer-Aided Detection in Mammography: Downstream Effect on Diagnostic Testing, DCIS Treatment, and Costs (Fenton et al.) (2026-09-28): CAD prevalence among Medicare screening mammograms rose from 3.5% (2001) to 79.7% (2009).
• Computer-aided diagnosis (Wikipedia) (2026-09-28): First FDA-approved mammography CAD system in 1998; CAD used for mammography, lung CT, colonography.

Grader B: hit

Computer pattern recognition was routine in at least one major imaging area by 2006. Computer-aided detection (CAD) in US Medicare screening mammography rose from 3.6% of exams in 2001 to 60.5% in 2006. Automated ECG interpretation was also standard. Use in other imaging (CT, MRI) was limited, but the claim that it is 'routinely used to interpret imaging data' holds.

Test: Test: 50% or more of a major imaging procedure category uses computer pattern recognition. Screening mammography (Medicare): CAD used in 60.5% of exams in 2006, up from 3.6% in 2001.

• Short-term outcomes of screening mammography using computer-aided detection (Fenton et al., Ann Intern Med) (2013-04-16): CAD prevalence in Medicare screening mammography rose from 3.6% (2001) to 60.5% (2006); CAD had 'rapidly diffused into screening mammography practice'.