Table 2.
Phantom composition and settings used in the CDMAM measurements
| Equivalent breast thickness (mm) | Total PMMA thickness (mm) | Phantom composition* (mm) | FFDM | LE CESM | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Target | Filter | Tube voltage (kV) | Tube load (mAs) | AGD (mGy) | Target | Filter | Tube voltage (kV) | Tube load (mAs) | AGD (mGy) | |||
| 32 | 30 | 10/Ph/10 | W | Rh | 26 | 61 | 0.79 | Mo | Rh | 27 | 45 | 1.1 |
| 45 | 40 | 10/Ph/10/10 | W | Rh | 28 | 86 | 1.1 | Rh | Rh | 29 | 71 | 1.8 |
| 60 | 50 | 10/10/Ph/10/10 | W | Rh | 32 | 81 | 1.3 | Rh | Rh | 31 | 80 | 2.3 |
| 75 | 60 | 25/Ph/25 | W | Ag | 30 | 111 | 1.7 | Rh | Rh | 30 | 140 | 3.6 |
| 90 | 70 | 25/Ph/25/10 | W | Ag | 34 | 96 | 1.8 | Rh | Rh | 30 | 140 | 3.8 |
*Ph = CDMAM phantom, 10 and 25 refer to the thickness of the PMMA plates (mm)
FFDM full-field digital mammography, LE low energy, CESM contrast-enhanced spectral mammography, AGD average glandular dose