title: Analysis of digital image quality indexes for CIRS SP01 and CDMAM 3.4 mammographic phantoms.
abstract: Mammographic phantom images are usually used to study the quality of images obtained by determined mammographic equipment. The digital image treatment techniques allow carrying out an automatic analysis of the phantom image. Nowadays, the digital radiographic equipments are replacing the traditional film-screen equipments and it is necessary to update the parameters to guarantee the quality of the process. In this work we apply some techniques of digital image processing to compute a specific image quality indexes for mammographic phantoms, namely CIRS SP01 and CDMAM 3.4. to study the evolution of this parameter with different varying conditions of the mammographic equipment. The indexes are calculated from a scoring system based on a designed algorithm which analyses the phantom image by means of an automatic detection of the test objects in each phantom.
authors.affiliation: ISIRYM, Institute for Industrial, Radiophysical and Environment Safety, Universidad Politécnica de Valencial, and Hospital Clinico de Valencia, Camino de Vera, s/n. 46022, Valencia, Spain.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mayo
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rodenas
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Verdú
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Campayo
authors.forename: J I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Villaescusa
mesh_terms: D008327:Mammography / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000592:standards*; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging / Q000592:standards*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D011786:Quality Control; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000592:standards*; D011857:Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000592:standards*; D013030:Spain