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. 2020 Sep 7;10:56. doi: 10.25259/JCIS_30_2020

Table 2:

Entrance skin dose and mean glandular dose for various molybdenum and rhodium target/filter combination materials at various kV settings for GE digital mammography imaging system.

Filter kV Rh/Rh Mo/Rh Mo/Mo
mAs ESD (mGy) MGD (mGy) mAs ESD (mGy) MGD (mGy) mAs ESD (mGy) MGD (mGy)
28 90 14.9 4 100 15.7 4.7 110 18.3 5.1
30 80 11.9 2.9 90 12.5 3.4 100 13.7 3.6
32 71 9.1 2 80 9.5 2.4 90 10 2.9
34 63 5.6 1.4 71 6.5 1.6 80 7.1 1.8

ESD: Entrance skin dose, MGD: Mean glandular dose, Mo: Molybdenum, Rh: Rhodium, Ag: Silver