Take a break: should breaks be enforced during digital breast tomosynthesis reading sessions?
George John William PartridgeAdnan Gani TaibPeter PhillipsJonathan Jeffrey JamesKeshthra SatchithanandaNisha SharmaJuliet MorelRita McAvincheyAlexandra ValenciaWilliam TehHumaira KhanElizabeth MuscatMichael James MichellYan ChenPublished in: European radiology (2023)
Clinical trials registration number: NCT03733106 KEY POINTS: • Use of digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) in breast screening programmes can cause significant reader fatigue. • The effectiveness of incorporating reading breaks into DBT reporting sessions, to reduce mammography reader fatigue, was investigated using eye tracking. • Integrating breaks into DBT reporting sessions reduced reader fatigue; however, diagnostic accuracy was unaffected.