Pro-MAM CESM

Phantom Pro-MAM CESM is used to assess image quality in spectral (dual energy) mammography systems with contrast enhancement.

The basic element of the phantom is a 10 mm plate made of breast material in a 50/50 ratio of glandular and fat tissue. There are two groups of iodine-doped objects with a concentration of 0.2, 0.5, 1.0, and 2.0 mg / cm³. These concentrations cover the clinical range of contrast agent concentrations. Additionally, in each group, there is an object simulating a solid lesion with a density corresponding to the glandular tissue.

Below the board, there is a module symmetrically divided into 2 parts. One of them is made of a material equivalent to 100% glandular tissue, and the other is 100% adipose tissue. Thanks to this, it is possible to assess the visibility of contrasting objects in a wide range of background densities.

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Product highlights:

• CESM routine quality control
• Assessment of the quality of subtracted images
• Contains iodine concentrations in a clinically relevant range
• Represents types of breasts with the majority of glandular tissue or fat tissue
• Object visibility assessment is similar to clinical conditions

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Technical data (can be modified to customer specifications):

• phantom thickness: 55 mm
• the outer layers (top and bottom) are the equivalent of 10 mm thick adipose tissue
• the middle layer, 25 mm thick, consists of half of a material that simulates adipose tissue and half of a material that simulates glandular tissue
• a module with a thickness of 10 mm contains 2 groups of test objects

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Product features:

• complies with:
  - Klausz, R, et al. Introduction of a Comprehensive Phantom for the Quality Control of Contrast Enhanced Spectral Mammography. 2018. Poster No.: ECR 2018, DOI: 10.1594/ ecr2018/C-2647
• CE certified
• the manual provides detailed guidelines for carrying out each test, results assessment and registration