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The British Journal of Radiology, Vol 70, Issue 838 1036-1042, Copyright © 1997 by British Institute of Radiology

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Effect of automatic kV selection on dose and contrast for a mammographic X-ray system

KC Young, ML Ramsdale, A Rust and J Cooke
Department of Medical Physics, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, UK.

The effect of automatic tube potential (kV) selection on breast dose and contrast has been assessed using a Philips MammoDiagnost 3000 mammography X-ray set. The performance of the X-ray set using automatic kV selection has been compared with that found using a fixed kV of 28. The AUTOKV mode selected 25 kV for breasts with thickness up to about 50 mm, which increased the contrast by 5-10%, and increased the mean glandular dose (MGD) per film by, on average, 30-40%. For large breasts with a compressed thickness of 70 mm and above, kVs up to 30 were selected so that the average MGD per film was reduced by 19% from 3.62 to 2.94 mGy, with an estimated loss in contrast of about 4-8%. For all breasts the mean MGD per film was 1.85 +/- 0.05 mGy where AUTOKV was used, and 1.74 +/- 0.08 mGy per film when 28 kV was used. The overall image quality of the mammograms was found to be higher when AUTOKV was used. Overall, the AUTOKV facility on this X-ray set generally worked well and resulted in slightly higher contrast and slightly better image quality at the price of a small increase in the average dose for this patient group when compared with the usual UK procedure of using a fixed 28 kV.


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