Ioannis Sechopoulos, David R Dance, John M Boone, Hilde T Bosmans, Marco Caballo, Oliver Diaz, Ruben van Engen, Christian Fedon, Stephen J Glick, Andrew M Hernandez, Melissa L Hill, Katie W Hulme, Renata Longo, Carolina Rabin, Wendelien B G Sanderink, J Anthony Seibert
Currently, there are multiple breast dosimetry estimation methods for mammography and its variants in use throughout the world. This fact alone introduces uncertainty, since it is often impossible to distinguish which model is internally used by a specific imaging system. In addition, all current models are hampered by various limitations, in terms of overly simplified models of the breast and its composition, as well as simplistic models of the imaging system. Many of these simplifications were necessary, for the most part, due to the need to limit the computational cost of obtaining the required dose conversion coefficients decades ago, when these models were first implemented...
November 29, 2023: Medical Physics