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https://ri.ufs.br/jspui/handle/riufs/23213| Document Type: | Artigo |
| Title: | Breast phantom with silicone implant for evaluation inconventional mammography |
| Authors: | Silva, Fábio Alessandro Rolemberg Souza, Luiza Freire de Salmon, Carlos Ernesto Garrido Souza, Divanizia do Nascimento |
| Issue Date: | 2011 |
| Resumo : | With the increased incidence of cancer and a similarly increased number of surgeriesfor insertion of silicone breast implants, it is necessary to assess the effect of suchmaterial within the breast tissue, particularly in mammography, because of the re-duction in the power of breast cancer diagnosis. In this work, we introduce a breastphantom with silicone implants in order to evaluate the influence of the implant onthe visibility of the main mammographic findings: fibers, microcalcifications andtumor masses. In this proposed phantom, the breast tissue was simulated using gelparaffin. In the optical density of phantom mammograms with implants, a reduc-tion in breast tissue visibility was seen corresponding to 23% when compared toa phantom without silicone implants. This poor visibility was due to the X-raybeam scattering on silicone material; this effect produced a loss of visibility in theareas adjacent to the implant. It is expected that the proposed phantom model maybe used as a device for the establishment of a technical standard for these typesof procedures. |
| Keywords: | Breast phantom Silicone prostheses Mammography Quality assurance |
| ISSN: | 1526-9914 |
| Is part of: | Journal of applied clinical medical physics |
| Language: | eng |
| Publisher / Institution : | Wiley on behalf of American Association of Physicists in Medicine |
| Citation: | SILVA, F. A. R. et al. Breast phantom with silicone implant for evaluation inconventional mammography, Journal of applied clinical medical physics, Malden, v. 12, n. 1, p. 199-206, 2011. Disponível em: https://aapm.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1120/jacmp.v12i1.3340. Acesso em: 23 set. 2025. |
| License: | Creative Commons Atribuição 3.0 Não Adaptada (CC BY 3.0) |
| URI: | https://ri.ufs.br/jspui/handle/riufs/23213 |
| Appears in Collections: | DFI - Artigos de periódicos |
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