PMID- 35527472
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20220613
LR  - 20220613
IS  - 1742-3406 (Electronic)
IS  - 0144-8420 (Linking)
VI  - 198
IP  - 7
DP  - 2022 Jun 9
TI  - DOSIMETRY IN DIGITAL BREAST TOMOSYNTHESIS: COST-EFFICIENT APPROACH FOR THE SOUTH 
      AMERICAN PERSPECTIVES.
PG  - 393-404
LID - 10.1093/rpd/ncac046 [doi]
AB  - The measurement of air kerma in air (Kair) to estimate average glandular dose 
      (AGD) received during digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) studies is sometimes a 
      difficult task. In this work, a novel methodology was implemented to measure Kair 
      and half-value layer while the X-ray tube is rotating. A low economic cost 
      support (LCS) was built to place aluminium sheets and a calibrated dosemeter. 
      Three Fujifilm Innovality equipment were used and two dosemeters calibrated on 
      W-Al energies. Validation of the new methodology was made against standard scheme 
      and it was applied to estimate AGD for 300 patients and 7 phantoms. Validation 
      analysis was satisfactory. The difference in the AGD calculated with the LCS and 
      DICOM Header was lower than +/-10%. AGD values ranged from 0.77 to 2.11 mGy and 
      0.85 to 2.15 mGy for phantoms and patients, respectively. The novel methodology 
      has a potential use for DBT equipment without stationary mode.
CI  - (c) The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press.
FAU - Pirchio, Rosana
AU  - Pirchio R
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4414-102X
AD  - Medical Physics Division, Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica, Av. Pro Gonzalez 
      y Aragon 15, B1802AYA Ezeiza, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
FAU - Perez, Gonzalo Nicolas
AU  - Perez GN
AD  - Medical Physics Division, Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica, Av. Pro Gonzalez 
      y Aragon 15, B1802AYA Ezeiza, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
FAU - Ratto, Santiago Scinardo
AU  - Ratto SS
AD  - Medical Physics Division, Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica, Av. Pro Gonzalez 
      y Aragon 15, B1802AYA Ezeiza, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
FAU - Stefanic, Amalia Maria
AU  - Stefanic AM
AD  - Medical Physics Division, Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica, Av. Pro Gonzalez 
      y Aragon 15, B1802AYA Ezeiza, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - Radiat Prot Dosimetry
JT  - Radiation protection dosimetry
JID - 8109958
SB  - IM
MH  - Breast/diagnostic imaging
MH  - *Breast Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Mammography/methods
MH  - Phantoms, Imaging
MH  - Radiation Dosage
MH  - *Radiographic Image Enhancement/methods
MH  - Radiometry/methods
MH  - South America
EDAT- 2022/05/10 06:00
MHDA- 2022/06/14 06:00
CRDT- 2022/05/09 02:02
PHST- 2021/03/08 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/02/24 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2022/03/12 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/05/10 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/06/14 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2022/05/09 02:02 [entrez]
AID - 6581994 [pii]
AID - 10.1093/rpd/ncac046 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Radiat Prot Dosimetry. 2022 Jun 9;198(7):393-404. doi: 10.1093/rpd/ncac046.