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Table 9 Calibration accuracy for images acquired with the small FOV calibrated with data acquired with the large FOV

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

Target/filter and kV combination

H1

H2

Target/filter and kV combination

H3

Small FOV

Large FOV

Small FOV

Large FOV

Small FOV

Large FOV

W/Rh

    

Mo/Mo

  

kV =

25

--

--

--

--

kV =

25

53.0 (0.37)

54.5 (0.49)

 

26

54.5 (0.38)

51.9 (0.47)

51.8 (0.28)

51.6 (0.44)

 

26

52.3 (0.30)

53.7 (0.40)

 

27

53.0 (0.38)

51.8 (0.46)

48.2 (0.34)

50.6 (0.43)

 

27

53.1 (0.24)

54.6 (0.34)

 

28

53.2 (0.44)

52.3 (0.46)

51.5 (0.42)

50.6 (0.43)

 

28

53.3 (0.17)

54.6 (0.23)

 

29

52.5 (0.50)

51.4 (0.50)

51.5 (0.55)

51.8 (0.33)

 

29

54.2 (0.14)

55.4 (0.17)

 

30

53.0 (0.64)

52.1 (0.63)

51.6 (0.72)

52.6 (0.30)

 

30

54.1 (0.17)

55.1 (0.20)

 

31

--

--

--

--

 

31

54.7 (0.25)

55.7 (0.32)

W/Ag

    

Mo/Rh

  

kV =

27

52.2 (0.39)

52.4 (0.78)

52.7 (0.70)

53.3 (0.44)

kV =

27

51.2 (1.15)

53.6 (1.52)

 

28

52.1 (0.42)

52.1 (0.92)

52.2 (0.72)

53.5 (0.41)

 

28

51.7 (1.15)

53.8 (1.52)

 

29

50.9 (0.42)

52.1 (0.96)

52.1 (0.75)

52.8 (0.41)

 

29

51.6 (1.15)

54.0 (1.52)

 

30

52.1 (0.43)

52.5 (0.99)

51.9 (0.86)

53.0 (0.44)

 

30

52.3 (1.08)

54.5 (1.42)

 

31

56.3 (0.41)

56.7 (0.90)

52.2 (0.96)

53.2 (0.51)

 

31

52.3 (1.08)

54.6 (1.37)

 

32

54.9 (0.38)

54.8 (0.97)

54.5 (1.00)

54.6 (0.64)

 

32

52.7 (1.01)

54.6 (1.24)

 

33

--

--

--

--

 

33

53.3 (0.99)

55.0 (1.15)

 

34

--

--

--

--

 

34

53.8 (0.91)

55.6 (1.00)

  1. H1: data acquired on 07/27/2012.
  2. H2: data acquired on 07/20/2012.
  3. H3: data acquired on 04/08/2012.
  4. 50/50 mixture phantom images were acquired with small field of view (FOV) using the standard BL heights and the 160 mAs reference setting for and calibrated with data acquired with the large FOV for the H1, H2, and H3 FFDM units (Hologic units). The large FOV calibration results are provided for reference. The findings are provided as the mean and the standard deviation (parenthetically) of the respective distributions in PG units.