Research Article

Effect of Different Breast Densities and Average Glandular Dose on Contrast to Noise Ratios in Full-Field Digital Mammography: Simulation and Phantom Study

Figure 1

Experimental set up of the phantom for the CNR measurement based on the International Electrotechnical Committee guidelines (a) without and (b) with the aluminum plate placed at the center of the horizontal axis of the breast support. CNR: contrast to noise ratio and PMMA: polymethyl methacrylate.
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