Mammography CAD objects

eUnity supports the display of Mammographic Computer-Aided Detection objects.

This feature requires a separate license and may not be available. Contact your system administrator to have this feature licensed and enabled.

Toggle CAD

Show or hide CAD data in mammography images.

Turn on CAD objects

Note: Mammo CAD markers are not displayed under the Magnifying Glass.

  1. To turn on CAD objects, on the Mammo tab, click

    CAD markers are displayed on the image. See the Mammo CAD markers and outlines table below for information on what each marker means.

Mammo CAD markers and outlines

Note that CAD outlines can be enabled or disabled by administrators. Certain vendors may not display markers or outlines for CAD objects. See Vendor-specific display below for more information.

Figure 5: : CAD marker (left) and CAD outline (right)

Calcification cluster

Individual calcification

Mass (density)

Mass with calcifications

Vendor-specific display

Hologic1 R21

No outlines are displayed by default (that is, only markers are shown)

iCAD2

Only outlines are displayed for mass and calcification clusters (that is, markers are not shown).

Other vendors

Both outlines and markers are displayed.

Mammo CAD indicators

CAD: Calc: 2 Mass: 1

CAD markers displayed

Shown in the viewport to indicate that CAD markers are displayed. The numbers represent the count for every type of displayed marker.

CAD: No Findings

No CAD findings

Shown in the viewport to indicate that CAD markers are NOT displayed. That is, CAD exists, but there are no findings to display for the image.

CAD: FAIL

Error with CAD information

Shown in the viewport to indicate that CAD markers are NOT displayed. That is, a fatal error with CAD information.

No CAD for Image

Image not related to CAD

Shown in the viewport to indicate that CAD markers are NOT displayed. That is, the image is not related to CAD.

No CAD for Study

No CAD in study

Shown in the viewport to indicate that CAD markers are NOT displayed. That is, there is no CAD in the study.