A comparative study of films and screens for mammography

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Abstract
Ten films and six screens suitable for mammography have been compared for image quality using a realistic quantitative phantom under controlled conditions. The best screen was Min R (Kodak), but three black and white films, Min R (Kodak), Fuji II NC (Fuji) and MR3 (Agfa-Gevaert), scored highly. Patient dose was also considered and, with these three films, a small gains in image quality were balanced by small increase in dose. Medichrome Blue film, however, gave the highest score of all, and did so for a dose that was less than the highest. These results were confirmed on a second phantom of entirely different design.