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Table 6 Calibration accuracy for the H 1 and H 2 units using the regression parameters

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

Target/filter and kV combination

Within-unit calibration

H1

H2

120mAs

160mAsr

200mAs

120mAs

160mAsr

200mAs

W/Rh

      

kV =

26

55.2 (0.46)

56.6 (0.49)

58.8 (0.48)

53.4 (0.50)

56.3 (0.46)

57.7 (0.42)

 

27

54.0 (0.45)

55.7 (0.47)

57.4 (0.45)

53.2 (0.44)

54.6 (0.44)

56.3 (0.43)

 

28

56.1 (0.48)

57.7 (0.48)

58.9 (0.48)

56.8 (0.39)

57.9 (0.35)

59.4 (0.37)

 

29

51.8 (0.47)

53.0 (0.50)

54.2 (0.48)

52.7 (0.32)

54.1 (0.30)

54.8 (0.32)

 

30

52.4 (0.61)

53.6 (0.64)

54.5 (0.62)

52.8 (0.39)

53.9 (0.40)

54.5 (0.43)

W/Ag

      

kV =

27

52.0 (0.78)

53.4 (0.79)

53.9 (0.81)

53.2 (0.44)

54.2 (0.44)

55.0 (0.44)

 

28

52.3 (0.89)

53.3 (0.91)

54.0 (0.93)

53.0 (0.40)

54.4 (0.41)

53.4 (0.43)

 

29

52.0 (0.94)

53.2 (0.96)

53.3 (0.97)

52.3 (0.40)

53.6 (0.41)

53.8 (0.41)

 

30

52.2 (0.98)

53.2 (0.99)

53.3 (1.00)

53.4 (0.44)

54.0 (0.45)

54.4 (0.45)

 

31

57.1 (0.91)

57.9 (0.90)

58.0 (0.93)

53.2 (0.51)

54.1 (0.51)

54.5 (0.52)

 

32

54.8 (0.97)

55.6 (0.97)

56.8 (1.00)

54.9 (0.64)

55.5 (0.65)

56.7 (0.66)

  1. Within-unit Calibration: 50/50 mixtures acquired and calibrated with a same FFDM unit.
  2. H1: Phantom data acquired on 07/27/2012 and calibration data on 07/06/2012.
  3. H2: Phantom data acquired on 07/20/2012 and calibration data on 07/10/2012.
  4. This table gives the calibration findings for the two similar H1 and H2 FFDM systems determined with the regression parameters. The mean and the standard deviation (SD) of the respective distributions are provided in PG units. For each target/filter and kV setting, the 50/50 mixture phantom images were acquired with three mAs settings including the reference denoted as mAsr.