Objective assessment of mammography systems. Part I: Method.
The authors have developed an experimental method for simultaneous determination of dose and image parameters in mammography. A global and objective quality concept, the image quality index, is proposed and its reliability demonstrated by tests of reproducibility. Objective quality tests and subjective evaluation by radiologists showed good correlation.
D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D011829:Radiation Dosage