TY  - CONF
AU  - Rafajlović, Stefan
AU  - Aranđić, Danijela
AU  - Božović, Predrag
AU  - Ćeklić, Sandra
AU  - Lazarević, Đorđe R.
AU  - Ciraj-Bjelac, Olivera
PY  - 2016
UR  - https://vinar.vin.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/7167
AB  - The purpose of this study is to investigate the radiation dose and technical image quality in mammography in Serbia after two years of implementation of the breast screening programme. A total of 186 mammography units, including Full-Field Digital Mammography (FFDM), Computed Radiography (CR) and Screen-Film Mammography (SFM) units were used in the patient dose and image quality assessment. Patient dose, in terms of Mean Glandular Dose (MGD), was assessed for the standard breast, while image quality was evaluated in terms of spatial resolution, threshold contrast visibility and Contrast to Noise Ratio (CNR) for CR and FFDM units. The mean MGD assessed was (1.8 +/- 0.94) mGy, (1.3 +/- 0.51) and (1.7 +/- 0.64) for CR, FFDM and SFM, respectively. Spatial resolution was better than 12 lp/mm only for 3/186 (1.6%) units. In 34/186 (1896) units, spatial resolution was less than 5 lp/mm. Threshold contrast visibility was better than 1.2 in 41/186 (22%). Mean CNR for CR and FFDM units was 5.2 2.2. Following the initial implementation at the beginning of the population-based breast cancer screening campaign, it is essential to establish an effective system of regular and periodic Quality Control (QC) tests and to ensure that high-quality mammograms with minimal possible radiation dose to population are included in the screening.
C3  - RAD Conference Proceedings
T1  - Mammography in Serbia: Image Quality and Radiation Dose
SP  - 29
EP  - 32
DO  - 10.21175/RadProc.2016.08
ER  - 

@conference{
author = "Rafajlović, Stefan and Aranđić, Danijela and Božović, Predrag and Ćeklić, Sandra and Lazarević, Đorđe R. and Ciraj-Bjelac, Olivera",
year = "2016",
abstract = "The purpose of this study is to investigate the radiation dose and technical image quality in mammography in Serbia after two years of implementation of the breast screening programme. A total of 186 mammography units, including Full-Field Digital Mammography (FFDM), Computed Radiography (CR) and Screen-Film Mammography (SFM) units were used in the patient dose and image quality assessment. Patient dose, in terms of Mean Glandular Dose (MGD), was assessed for the standard breast, while image quality was evaluated in terms of spatial resolution, threshold contrast visibility and Contrast to Noise Ratio (CNR) for CR and FFDM units. The mean MGD assessed was (1.8 +/- 0.94) mGy, (1.3 +/- 0.51) and (1.7 +/- 0.64) for CR, FFDM and SFM, respectively. Spatial resolution was better than 12 lp/mm only for 3/186 (1.6%) units. In 34/186 (1896) units, spatial resolution was less than 5 lp/mm. Threshold contrast visibility was better than 1.2 in 41/186 (22%). Mean CNR for CR and FFDM units was 5.2 2.2. Following the initial implementation at the beginning of the population-based breast cancer screening campaign, it is essential to establish an effective system of regular and periodic Quality Control (QC) tests and to ensure that high-quality mammograms with minimal possible radiation dose to population are included in the screening.",
journal = "RAD Conference Proceedings",
title = "Mammography in Serbia: Image Quality and Radiation Dose",
pages = "29-32",
doi = "10.21175/RadProc.2016.08"
}

Rafajlović, S., Aranđić, D., Božović, P., Ćeklić, S., Lazarević, Đ. R.,& Ciraj-Bjelac, O.. (2016). Mammography in Serbia: Image Quality and Radiation Dose. in RAD Conference Proceedings, 29-32.
https://doi.org/10.21175/RadProc.2016.08

Rafajlović S, Aranđić D, Božović P, Ćeklić S, Lazarević ĐR, Ciraj-Bjelac O. Mammography in Serbia: Image Quality and Radiation Dose. in RAD Conference Proceedings. 2016;:29-32.
doi:10.21175/RadProc.2016.08 .

Rafajlović, Stefan, Aranđić, Danijela, Božović, Predrag, Ćeklić, Sandra, Lazarević, Đorđe R., Ciraj-Bjelac, Olivera, "Mammography in Serbia: Image Quality and Radiation Dose" in RAD Conference Proceedings (2016):29-32,
https://doi.org/10.21175/RadProc.2016.08 . .