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. 2013 Apr 25;40(5):051914. doi: 10.1118/1.4800501

Table 3.

DBT model source, detector, and dose parameters.

Source Parameters:  
Monoenergetic source (E¯) 20 keV
Maximum scan angle (θ scan ) 96°
Source-image distance (at θ = 0°) 65 cm
Detector Parameters:  
Detector type Indirect (CsI:Tl)
Pixels per projection (M) 520 × 140
Pixel Area (A) 0.25 mm2
Phosphor efficiency (η) 0.7
Optical gain (k¯) 1050
Electronic gain (Γ) 5.13 × 10−9
Dose Parameters:  
mGy per source photon (at 0°) 4.2 × 10−12