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Table 4 Calibration accuracy for the H 1 and H 2 units

From: A comparison of calibration data from full field digital mammography units for breast density measurements

Target/filter and kV combination

Within-unit calibration

Cross-unit calibration

H1

H2

H1images calibrated with H2data

H2images calibrated with H1data

120mAs

160mAsr

200mAs

120mAs

160mAsr

200mAs

120mAs

160mAsr

200mAs

120mAs

160mAsr

200mAs

W/Rh

             

kV =

26

50.6(0.44)

51.9(0.47)

54.0(0.47)

48.8(0.48)

51.6(0.44)

52.9(0.40)

55.7(0.44)

57.1(0.47)

59.2(0.47)

43.6(0.48)

46.5(0.44)

47.8(0.40)

 

27

50.2(0.44)

51.8(0.46)

53.5(0.44)

49.2(0.43)

50.6(0.43)

52.3(0.42)

54.2(0.44)

55.9(0.46)

57.6(0.44)

45.2(0.43)

46.5(0.43)

48.2(0.42)

 

28

50.8(0.46)

52.3(0.46)

53.5(0.46)

50.8(0.37)

51.8(0.33)

53.2(0.35)

55.5(0.47)

57.0(0.47)

58.2(0.46)

46.2(0.36)

47.2(0.33)

48.5(0.35)

 

29

50.3(0.47)

51.4(0.50)

52.7(0.48)

51.2(0.31)

52.6(0.30)

53.3(0.31)

55.9(0.47)

57.0(0.50)

58.3(0.49)

45.7(0.31)

47.1(0.29)

47.8(0.31)

 

30

50.9(0.61)

52.1(0.63)

53.0(0.62)

51.5(0.39)

52.5(0.40)

53.1(0.42)

55.8(0.62)

57.0(0.65)

57.9(0.63)

46.7(0.38)

47.8(0.39)

48.3(0.41)

W/Ag

             

kV =

27

51.0(0.77)

52.4(0.78)

52.9(0.80)

52.3(0.43)

53.3(0.44)

54.0(0.44)

50.9(0.80)

52.4(0.81)

52.9(0.83)

52.3(0.42)

53.3(0.42)

53.9(0.43)

 

28

51.1(0.90)

52.1(0.92)

52.8(0.93)

52.2(0.39)

53.5(0.41)

52.5(0.43)

50.1(0.92)

51.1(0.94)

51.8(0.95)

53.1(0.38)

54.4(0.39)

53.5(0.42)

 

29

50.8(0.94)

52.1(0.96)

52.2(0.97)

51.5(0.40)

52.8(0.41)

52.9(0.40)

49.5(0.99)

50.7(0.98)

50.9(0.99)

52.8(0.39)

54.1(0.40)

54.2(0.39)

 

30

51.5(0.98)

52.5(0.99)

52.6(1.00)

52.5(0.44)

53.0(0.44)

53.4(0.45)

48.9(0.99)

50.0(1.00)

50.0(1.01)

55.0(0.43)

55.6(0.44)

55.9(0.45)

 

31

55.9(0.91)

56.7(0.90)

56.8(0.93)

52.3(0.51)

53.2(0.51)

53.6(0.52)

48.3(0.94)

49.1(0.93)

49.3(0.97)

59.7(0.49)

60.6(0.49)

61.0(0.50)

 

32

54.0(0.97)

54.8(0.97)

55.9(1.00)

54.0(0.64)

54.6(0.64)

55.8(0.65)

51.2(0.98)

52.1(0.97)

53.2(1.00)

56.7(0.63)

57.3(0.64)

58.5(0.65)

  1. Within-unit Calibration: 50/50 mixtures acquired and calibrated with the same FFDM unit.
  2. Cross-unit Calibration: 50/50 mixtures acquired with each FFDM unit were calibrated with the other unit's calibration data.
  3. H1: phantom data acquired on 07/27/2012 and calibration data on 07/06/2012.
  4. H2: phantom data acquired on 07/20/2012 and calibration data on 07/10/2012.
  5. This table summarizes the results from the within-unit calibration (left side) and cross-unit calibration (right side) for H1 and H2 units. For each target/filter combination and kV setting, the 50/50 mixture phantom images were acquired with three mAs settings including the reference denoted by mAsr. The mean and the standard deviation (SD) of the respective distributions are provided in PG units.