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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Br J Radiol. 2012 May 2;85(1019):e1051–e1057. doi: 10.1259/bjr/28845176

Table 1.

Imaging doses measured in CT dose phantom

Left breast imaging protocol – complete phantom

Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Dose mGy 2.9 6.8 19.1 17.3 1.0 0.2 2.2

Left breast imaging protocol – central insert removed

Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Dose mGy 4.0 5.1 17.1 15.4 1.2 0.6 2.8

Right breast imaging protocol – complete phantom

Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Dose mGy 3.1 6.4 6.9 12.3 15.8 8.8 6.4

Right breast imaging protocol - central insert removed

Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Dose mGy 4.2 4.1 6.9 10.5 14.2 8.3 5.0

Thorax imaging protocol

Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Dose mGy 11.0 13.9 18.7 19.8 19.8 21.8 14.4

Bold indicate treatment dose area; shaded boxes indicate contra-lateral breast region