Table 6.
Dose rates for each tomosynthesis mammography projection in comparison with European guidelines acceptable dose reference values
| Breast thickness | AGD mean | AGD mean | DBT-SCV | European guidelines | ESD mean | ESD mean | DBT-SCV | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Right | Left | Acceptable dose | Right | Left | |||||||
| CC | MLO | CC | MLO | CC | MLO | CC | MLO | ||||
| 2–3 | 0.54 | 0.71 | 0.68 | 0.57 | 0.73 | < 1.5 | 2.64 | 2.61 | 2.74 | 3.28 | 3.4 |
| 3.1–4 | 0.97 | 1.01 | 0.88 | 0.98 | 0.94 | < 2.0 | 3.4 | 4.99 | 3.28 | 4.73 | 3.72 |
| 4.1–5 | 1.19 | 1.21 | 1.23 | 1.18 | 1.22 | < 2.5 | 3.66 | 5.03 | 4.03 | 4.74 | 4.54 |
| 5.1–6 | 1.42 | 1.45 | 1.39 | 1.31 | 1.34 | < 3 | 4.33 | 4.34 | 4.34 | 3.95 | 4.57 |
| 6.1–7 | 1.65 | 1.74 | 1.68 | 1.72 | 1.52 | < 4.5 | 5.06 | 5.26 | 4.99 | 4.73 | 5.02 |
| 7.1–8 | 2.29 | 2.68 | 2.88 | 2.94 | 2.04 | < 6.5 | 4.66 | 5.44 | 5.21 | 4.98 | 5.66 |