Radiology
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Submit a response
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when eLetters are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Tabar, L.
Right arrow Articles by Haus, A. G.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Tabar, L.
Right arrow Articles by Haus, A. G.

Radiology, Vol 173, 65-69, Copyright © 1989 by Radiological Society of North America

ARTICLES

Processing of mammographic films: technical and clinical considerations

L Tabar and AG Haus
Falun Central Hospital, Sweden.

Sensitometrically exposed film strips and clinical mammograms from single-emulsion Kodak Ortho M SO-177 and double-emulsion Kodak T-Mat M II films were processed in separate film processors set up for standard and extended-cycle processing. For the extended-cycle method, it is necessary to use a process that is dedicated to mammographic films only. Radiation dose reductions of approximately 30% for Ortho M film and 13% for T-Mat M II film were achieved with the extended-cycle process. In the mammogram comparisons, higher-contrast images were obtained with Ortho M film in the extended-cycle process, which allowed for improved demonstration of marginal structural characteristics of soft-tissue masses and better differentiation of benign and malignant tumors. No significant differences in contrast were observed in the T- Mat M II mammograms obtained with the extended-cycle process.


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Br. J. Radiol.Home page
A D Dimakopoulou, I A Tsalafoutas, E K Georgiou, and E N Yakoumakis
Image quality and breast dose of 24 screen-film combinations for mammography
Br. J. Radiol., February 1, 2006; 79(938): 123 - 129.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Br. J. Radiol.Home page
I A Tsalafoutas, A D Dimakopoulou, E D Koulentianos, A N Serefoglou, and E N Yakoumakis
Variation of the sensitometric characteristics of seven mammographic films with processing conditions
Br. J. Radiol., August 1, 2004; 77(920): 666 - 671.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
RADIOLOGY RADIOGRAPHICS RSNA JOURNALS ONLINE
Copyright © 1989 by the Radiological Society of North America.