Dosimetry in x-ray-based breast imaging

DR Dance, I Sechopoulos - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
The estimation of the mean glandular dose to the breast (MGD) for x-ray based imaging
modalities forms an essential part of quality control and is needed for risk estimation and for …

Spatial distributions and mean doses in a breast phantom under mammography, with W/Rh and W/Ag target/filter combinations, based on SSDs and XR-QA2

LB Nogueira, TPR Campos, DPM dos Santos… - Radiation Physics and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to evaluate the spatial distributions and mean doses using tissue
equivalent (TE) materials for a breast phantom under direct digital mammography (MDR) …

On the suitability of XR-SP2 gafchromic films for dosimetry in mammography

C Valero, A Sarno, C Cutaia, M Poli, P Isoardi… - Radiation Physics and …, 2022 - Elsevier
XR-SP2 GafChromic films are extensively used in industrial applications. Even if their
sensitivity range overlaps with exposure ranges adopted in x-ray medical imaging, there are …

Comparative analysis of dosimetric uncertainty using Gafchromic™ EBT4 and EBT3 films in radiochromic film dosimetry

Y Akdeniz - Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
Advancements in radiotherapy dosimetry aim to enhance precision and accuracy, with
Gafchromic™ EBT4 film emerging as a promising tool. However, its performance compared …

Susceptibility of iodine concentration map of dual-energy contrast-enhanced digital mammography for quantitative and tumor enhancement assessment

YS Hwang, YC Cheung, YY Lin, HL Hsu… - Acta …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Dual-energy (DE) contrast-enhanced digital mammography (DE-CEDM)
provides additional information on tumor angiogenesis. Purpose To investigate the …

Three-dimensional dosimetry of mammography using a block cube breast phantom and radiochromic film

T Gotanda, T Katsuda, H Yatake… - Radiation Protection …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
This study developed a phantom with a shape similar to that of the breast and use
GAFCHROMIC films that can be placed inside the phantom to measure the detailed breast …

Examination of the relevance of using radiochromic films in measuring entrance skin dose distribution in conventional digital mammography

K Soliman, M Bakkari - Radiation protection dosimetry, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Based on manufacturer specifications, radiochromic films are sensitive enough to be used
for dosimetry in digital mammography (DM). The aim of this work was to study the feasibility …

Dosimetry in a mammography phantom using TLD‐300 dosimeters

ID Muñoz, I Gamboa‐deBuen, O Avila… - Medical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose The purpose of this study was to evaluate the photon field effective energy (Eeff)
distribution and percentage depth‐dose (PDD) within a mammography phantom by the …

The Concept of X-Ray CT Dose Evaluation Method Using Radiochromic Film and Film-Folding Phantom

N Tanki, T Katsuda, R Gotanda… - Radiation Protection …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
In this paper, we propose a novel radiochromic film (RCF)-based computed tomography
(CT) dosimetry method, which is different from the method based on CT dose index. RCF …

3-D dose distribution for organ dose measurement in CT thoracic exams using Gafchromic™ XR-QA2 films

M Pace, LB Tonghi, S Mazzaglia, G Stella… - Journal of …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The patient dose in radiodiagnostic is currently monitored through an ionizing radiation
exposure index named Volume Computed Tomography Dose Index (CTDI vol) and the …