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Updated: Mar 25, 2026
Clinical Imaging of Microwave Mammography
Published on: November 14, 2025
Adapting mammography DRLs for improved usability
Gillian Power1, Paola Baldelli2, Sarah Barry3
1BreastCheck, National Cancer Screening Service, Merrion unit , Merrion Rd D04VP6, Dublin, Ireland.
Introduction:
Dose audit and diagnostic reference levels should promote continuing optimization and patient protection. The objective of this work is to extend the diagnostic reference level concept by formulating benchmarks stratified by breast thickness and system type, and to make these benchmarks readily available to facilitate ongoing real-time audit.
Materials And Method:
After comparing the Facility diagnostic reference levels with the National one, the data set was divided into groups based on compressed breast thickness and system type. Benchmarks were established at the 95th percentile for individual categories, each combining a compressed breast thickness range with a system-type.
Results:
A Dose Management System was used to compare the median values of each individual system against the relevant benchmark. This enabled ongoing, pertinent comparisons of data in real-time.
Conclusion:
Comparison to the relevant benchmark helps to quickly identify systems requiring investigation and possible optimization. This transforms dose auditing into a proactive tool rather than a retrospective one.
