Table 1. Imaging doses measured in CT dose phantom.
Left breast imaging protocol—complete phantom | |||||||
Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
Dose (mGy) | 2.9 | 6.8 | 19.1 | 17.3 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 2.2 |
Left breast imaging protocol—central insert removed | |||||||
Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
Dose (mGy) | 4.0 | 5.1 | 17.1 | 15.4 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 2.8 |
Right breast imaging protocol—complete phantom | |||||||
Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
Dose (mGy) | 3.1 | 6.4 | 6.9 | 12.3 | 15.8 | 8.8 | 6.4 |
Right breast imaging protocol—central insert removed | |||||||
Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
Dose (mGy) | 4.2 | 4.1 | 6.9 | 10.5 | 14.2 | 8.3 | 5.0 |
Thorax imaging protocol | |||||||
Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
Dose (mGy) | 11.0 | 13.9 | 18.7 | 19.8 | 19.8 | 21.8 | 14.4 |
Bold indicates treatment dose area; bold and italics indicate contralateral breast region.