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This versatile phantom can be used for monitoring technical parameters of digital mammography imaging systems according to the requirements of the ‘European Guidelines for Quality Assurance in Mammography Screening’ and IEC 61223-3-2.
- It can be used to test:
- Optical Density / Luminance in the reference point
- Spatial Resolution
- Threshold Contrast Visibility
- Contrast
- Effective Radiation Field
- Automatic Exposure Timer
- CNR, SNR
- NPS
- MTF
- Ghosting
- Filaments
- Artefacts Evaluation
- Geometric Distortion Check
- Contrast Details
Features and Benefits
- Complies with:
- IEC 61223-3-2
- ‘European Guidelines for Quality Assurance in Mammography Screening’ plus supplement
- Protocol for the Quality Control of the Physical and Technical Aspects of Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Systems – EUREF
- CE certified
- The manual provides detailed guidelines for carrying out each test, results assessment and registration.
- Modular Construction – Different modules can be firmly placed on the Main Module.
- Main module (03-303)
- Set of PMMA attenuation plates: 6 x 10 mm thick and 2 x 5 mm thick
- One plate contains marking of the reference point.
- CNR module (03-311)
- 10 mm thick module containing a 20 x 20 x 0.2 mm aluminium filter
- Located 6 cm from the chest side
- Contrast detail module (03-309)
- 20 mm thick module containing gold (99.99%) discs organized in a 7×14 matrix (diameter x thickness).
- Discs have the following diameters: 0.1, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0 mm and 14
- Thicknesses ranging from 0.03 to 2.0 m.
- Thickness Accuracy: 1 nm (0.001 m)
- Diameter Accuracy: 0.001 mm (1 m).
- Ghosting module (03-304)
- 10 mm thick module containing a 30 x 30 x 0.1 mm aluminium filter for a ghost test
- Resolution and geometry module (03-310)
- 10 mm thick module containing:
- Pattern for the line pair resolution evaluation (from 1,5 to 20,0 LP/mm) rotated 45°
- 8 low contrast objects (ш5.5 mm and depth from 0.1 mm to 0.45 mm)
- 3 objects of a different absorption level
- Pattern for evaluation of the effective radiation field
- 10 mm thick module containing:
- MTF Module (03-305)
- 10 mm thick module containing a straight stainless steel edge accurate to ±2 m at a 3° angle
- Artefacts evaluation module (03-307)
- 10 mm thick module containing a mesh for artefacts evaluation
- Filaments module (03-306)
- 10 mm thick module containing 6 groups of multi-directional filaments 0.40 mm to 0.20 mm in diameter
- Geometric distortion module (mesh) (03-308)
- 10 mm thick module containing a wire mesh of horizontal, vertical and diagonal lines (45°)
- Full Field ACR Accreditation module (03-317)
- 14 mm thick module containing a wax insert as in Pro-MAM Accreditation FF (when used with 3×10 mm plates from main module simulates 42 mm compressed breast of average glandular/adipose composition).
- Noise evaluation module (03-315)
- 2 mm thick aluminium plate 200 x 200 mm
- Spacers sets (03-314)
- 180 x 15 mm or 240 x 15 mm PMMA plates:
- 4 pieces 10 mm thick
- 2 pieces 8 mm thick
- 2 pieces 5 mm thick
- 2 pieces 2 mm thick
- 180 x 15 mm or 240 x 15 mm PMMA plates:
- Compensation module (03-316)
- Set of 10 PMMA plates 40 x 20 x 2 mm
Tomosynthesis Dedicated Modules
- NPS Attenuator
- 2 mm thick high purity aluminium filter
- MTF Module
- 10 mm thick module containing a stainless steel square (50 x 50 mm) with straight edges accurate to ±2 m rotated 3°
- Z-Resolution Module
- 5 mm thick module containing 25 aluminium spheres 1 mm in diameter arranged in an array with 55 mm cell
- Wire MTF Module
- 15 mm module containing 25 m tungsten wire at a 3° angle 60 mm from the chest wall
- Protective steel plate
- 2 mm stainless steel plate 240 x 300 mm covering the whole image receptor
- Spacers set
- Two 240 x 20 x 30 mm spacers for appropriate positioning of test modules
- Optional carrying case (03-322)
Technical Specifications
- Dimensions: 240 x 180 mm or 300 x 240 mm
Warranty Information
- 1-Year Warranty