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http://dx.doi.org/10.7742/jksr.2020.14.3.253

Evaluation of Breast Dose in Mammography for Breast Implant Patient using a Monte Carlo Simulation  

Kim, Ji-Soo (Department of Radiological Science, Catholic University of Pusan)
Cho, Yong-In (Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Dongnam Institute of Radiological & Medical Science)
Kim, Jung-Hoon (Department of Radiological Science, Catholic University of Pusan)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology / v.14, no.3, 2020 , pp. 253-259 More about this Journal
Abstract
Mammography has the advantage of being economical, simple and effective in detecting microcalcification, but breast is a highly sensitive organ and is accompanied by the risk of an over-exposure. While accurate dose assessments are important to prevent this, current breast dose assessments are limited to breast implant patients. This purpose of this study was to identify dose variations due to tube voltages by forming a mock-up with breast implants for an accurate dosimetric assessment on breast implant patients. As a result, doses from the presence of breast implants were smaller than those from the absence of the mammal. As the result of the change of the voltage to 26, 28, 30, and 32 kV, the imcreased tube voltage included larger dose regardless of the presence of Breast implant. Therefore, it is believed that diagnosis recommendations for breast implants will be possible if further studies on internal and external bioretical imaging and quality assessment are carried out as the basis for this study.
Keywords
Mammography; Breast implant; Dose assessment; Monte carlo simulation;
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