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. 2005 Mar 17;6(1):101–113. doi: 10.1120/jacmp.v6i1.2020

Table 4.

Accuracies of the mathematical model relative to the other phantoms based on Table 1: AALD, ACHE, ASKU, AUNI, and AA31 with BSF=1.35; NEWAALD, NEWACHE, NEWASKU, NEWAUNI, and NEWAA31 recalculated using the BSF from previous works (15) , (16)

(a) Alderson Rando phantom Examination Number of radiological systems Number of measurements
AALD
NEWAALD
PA skull 4 5 0.07 0.06
LAT skull 4 5 0.25 0.24
AP chest 5 9 0.25 0.22
PA chest 4 5 0.01 0.01
LAT chest 4 5 0.01 0.01
AP lumbar spine 4 5 0.07 0.07
LAT lumbar spine 4 5 0.09 0.09
LAT lumbo‐sacral joint 4 5 0.09 0.09
AP abdomen 4 5 0.34 0.34
AP pelvis 5 7 0.23 0.23
AP urinary tract 4 6 0.34 0.34
Average 0.16 0.15
(b) Chest phantom Examination Number of radiological systems Number of measurements
ACHE
NEWACHE
AP chest 13 16 0.15 0.14
PA chest 10 13 0.16 0.15
LAT chest 10 13 0.13 0.13
Average 0.15 0.14
(c) Skull phantom Examination Number of radiological systems Number of measurements
ASKU
NEWASKU
PA skull 15 18 0.10 0.08
LAT skull 18 20 0.08 0.06
Average 0.09 0.07
(d) Uniform phantom Examination Number of radiological systems Number of measurements
AUNI
NEWAUNI
PA skull 8 10 0.12 0.12
LAT skull 8 9 0.16 0.14
AP chest 5 7 0.23 0.22
PA chest 5 7 0.07 0.07
LAT chest 5 6 0.06 0.06
AP lumbar spine 16 18 0.10 0.10
LAT lumbar spine 16 17 0.13 0.12
LAT lumbo‐sacral joint 11 12 0.17 0.16
AP abdomen 24 30 0.11 0.10
AP pelvis 24 30 0.13 0.13
AP urinary tract 22 25 0.10 0.10
Average 0.13 0.12
(e) AAPM31 phantom Examination Number of radiological systems Number of measurements
AA31
NEWAA31
PA skull 6 7 0.19 0.15
LAT skull 5 6 0.25 0.19
AP chest 4 5 0.05 0.05
PA chest 3 4 0.07 0.02
LAT chest 3 4 0.08 0.01
AP lumbar spine 10 12 0.07 0.07
LAT lumbar spine 6 8 0.08 0.06
LAT lumbo‐sacral joint 7 9 0.09 0.07
AP abdomen 11 16 0.15 0.14
AP pelvis 8 11 0.12 0.11
AP urinary tract 9 13 0.15 0.14
Average 0.12 0.09