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Dose reduction in full-field digital mammography: an anthropomorphic breast phantom study

Department of Radiology, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Str. 40, 37 075 Göttingen, Germany

View larger version (109K): [in a new window]   Figure 1. Anthropomorphic breast phantom with acrylic test plate. The phantom thickness is 4.5 cm and the test plate size is 7 cm x 7 cm.

View larger version (182K): [in a new window]   Figure 2. Digital image of the anthropomorphic breast phantom (28 kVp, Mo/Mo, 63 mAs).

View larger version (24K): [in a new window]   Figure 3. The receiver operating characteristic curves for the conventional and the digital system for contact (m=1.1) and magnification (m=1.8) mammograms. SFM, screen–film mammography; FFDM, full-field digital mammography.

View larger version (20K): [in a new window]   Figure 4. The receiver operating characteristic curves for the conventional system and the digital system for the 3 dose protocols. (a) Contact and (b) magnification views. SFM, screen–film mammography; FFDM, full-field digital mammography.

View larger version (16K): [in a new window]   Figure 5. Dependence of Az on technology and dose protocol for contact mammograms and magnification mammograms. SFM, screen–film mammography; FFDM, full-field digital mammography.