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  • Title: Screen-film mammographic technique for breast cancer screening.
    Author: Stanton L, Day JL, Villafana T, Miller CH, Lightfoot DA.
    Journal: Radiology; 1987 May; 163(2):471-9. PubMed ID: 3562829.
    Abstract:
    The values of dose and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for many techniques and breast thicknesses were computed and compared with a reference technique and breast thickness to provide a valid basis upon which to select a screening technique for screen-film mammography. The reference consisted of a Min-R/OM1 combination (or its equivalent) exposed through a 4.5-cm thick breast via 28 kV and a molybdenum target-beryllium window tube with a 0.03-mm Mo filter. Radiographs of an improved breast phantom were used to relate computed relative SNR values of techniques to diameters of the smallest calcific and soft-tissue objects demonstrated in mammograms. Without use of a grid, four Mo target/filtration combinations yielded similar computed dose and SNR levels, as did a tungsten target tube operated at 23 kV without a filter. Operation of the latter tube at 27.5 kV with a 0.051-mm rhodium filter should reduce dose by half but also SNR by 22%. However, such operation with a grid should greatly improve imaging moderate to large breasts without increasing dose over reference values.
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