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Table 7 Calibration accuracy using the cubic-spline height interpolation

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

Within-unit calibration: H2

Target/filter and kV combination

 

Within-unit calibration: H3

Non-BL height (cm)

BL

Non-BL

BL

Non-BL

Non-BL height (cm)

BL

Non-BL

W/Rh

     

Mo/Mo

   

kV =

25

--

--

--

--

--

kV =

25

4.2

54.5 (0.49)

54.9 (0.84)

 

26

4.2

46.5 (0.36)

48.6 (0.67)

51.1 (0.41)

52.8 (0.76)

 

26

4.4

53.7 (0.40)

54.5 (0.47)

 

27

4.4

48.6 (0.67)

48.8 (0.42)

51.4 (0.43)

50.9 (0.82)

 

27

4.2

54.6 (0.34)

54.7 (0.70)

 

28

4.2

48.4 (0.39)

49.6 (0.65)

51.8 (0.68)

53.2 (0.91)

 

28

4.4

54.6 (0.23)

54.7 (0.32)

 

29

4.4

47.8 (0.49)

48.3 (0.53)

51.3 (0.56)

52.9 (0.63)

 

29

4.2

55.4 (0.17)

55.2 (0.56)

 

30

4.2

48.2 (0.70)

48.5 (0.80)

51.9 (0.51)

51.7 (0.88)

 

30

4.4

55.1 (0.20)

54.8 (0.31)

 

31

--

--

--

--

--

 

31

4.2

55.7 (0.32)

55.9 (0.52)

W/Ag

     

Mo/Rh

   

kV =

27

4.2

46.5 (0.73)

47.8 (0.91)

52.0 (0.54)

53.5 (0.89)

kV =

27

4.2

53.6 (1.52)

53.9 (1.68)

 

28

4.4

47.3 (0.85)

48.0 (0.96)

52.1 (0.52)

51.8 (0.65)

 

28

4.4

53.8 (1.52)

54.2 (1.38)

 

29

4.2

47.5 (0.90)

48.4 (1.10)

50.9 (0.49)

52.4 (0.73)

 

29

4.2

54.0 (1.52)

54.2 (1.68)

 

30

4.4

47.8 (0.95)

48.0 (0.99)

51.6 (0.52)

51.5 (0.54)

 

30

4.4

54.5 (1.42)

54.3 (1.23)

 

31

4.2

52.4 (0.86)

52.8 (1.13)

52.0 (0.50)

52.0 (0.56)

 

31

4.2

54.6 (1.37)

54.7 (1.52)

 

32

6.4

51.9 (0.75)

52.4 (0.78)

53.6 (0.57)

54.5 (0.61)

 

32

4.4

54.6 (1.24)

54.1 (0.98)

 

33

--

--

--

--

--

 

33

4.2

55.0 (1.15)

55.0 (1.29)

 

34

--

--

--

--

--

 

34

4.4

55.6 (1.00)

52.9 (0.76)

  1. Within-unit Calibration: 50/50 mixtures acquired and calibrated with a same FFDM unit.
  2. H1: data acquired on 08/10/2012.
  3. H2: data acquired on 08/06/2012.
  4. H3: data acquired on 04/08/2013.
  5. 32 kV W/Ag BL acquired at 6.0 cm.
  6. 50/50 mixture phantom images were acquired with the 160 mAs reference setting for heights (right most column) not considered in the baseline sampling (Non-BL) and calibrated to evaluate the cubic-spline height interpolation. The findings are provided as the mean and the standard deviation (parenthetically) for the respective distributions in PG units. The calibration findings are also provided for 50/50 mixture phantom images acquired with the standard BL heights close to (4 cm or 6 cm) the non-BL heights, which were acquired on the same day for comparison purposes.