Characterization of scatter radiation of a breast phantom on Siemens prototype FFDM with and without an anti-scatter grid

Jessie Q. Xia; Joseph Y. Lo; Carey E. Floyd Jr.

doi:10.1117/12.595960

20 April 2005 Characterization of scatter radiation of a breast phantom on Siemens prototype FFDM with and without an anti-scatter grid

Jessie Q. Xia, Joseph Y. Lo, Carey E. Floyd Jr.

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Proceedings Volume 5745, Medical Imaging 2005: Physics of Medical Imaging; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.595960
Event: Medical Imaging, 2005, San Diego, California, United States

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In this study, the beam stop technique was applied to obtain the scatter fraction values for an anthropomorphic breast phantom on a flat-panel full field mammography system. The phantom was equivalent to a compressed breast of 5 cm thickness with 50% glandular tissue content. The images were acquired at 28kVp with Mo/Mo target/filter combination and multiple mAs values with or without an anti-scatter grid. The one-dimensional and two-dimensional scatter fraction profiles of the breast phantom without a grid were plotted. The effect of mAs on scatter fraction calculation was investigated. It was found that in order to get a reliable measurement of scatter fraction, the mAs had to be above about 40mAs without a grid and 160mAs with a grid. In addition, the SNR values at 28kVp and 80mAs (AEC level for the phantom using the same imaging technique on a screen/film system) with and without a grid were compared with each other. The SNR with a grid was slightly smaller than that without a grid. The SNR improvement factor (K_SNR ) defined as the ratio of SNR without the grid to SNR with the grid was 0.976. The grid had the primary and scatter transmissions of 73% and 13% respectively.

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Jessie Q. Xia, Joseph Y. Lo, and Carey E. Floyd Jr. "Characterization of scatter radiation of a breast phantom on Siemens prototype FFDM with and without an anti-scatter grid", Proc. SPIE 5745, Medical Imaging 2005: Physics of Medical Imaging, (20 April 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.595960

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Breast

Signal to noise ratio

Mammography

Photovoltaics

Sensors

Imaging systems

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