Guidance

Breast screening: Siemens Mammomat Inspiration VB60

This report describes the evaluation of the technical performance of the Siemens Mammomat Inspiration digital breast tomosynthesis system.

• From: Public Health England
• Published: 18 December 2018

This publication was withdrawn on 30 June 2021

These reports are now available from the National Co-ordinating Centre for the Physics of Mammography (NCCPM).

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[Withdrawn] Breast screening: Siemens Mammomat Inspiration digital breast tomosynthesis

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Details

The report is one of a series of technical reports evaluating commercially available mammography systems on behalf of the NHS Breast Screening Programme. The report will be useful for colleagues within the service wishing to review and compare equipment specifications for consideration for use within the breast screening programme to best meet their needs.

It includes information about:

• radiation dose
• contrast detail detection
• contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR)
• reconstruction artefacts
• z-resolution
• detector response
• projection modulation transfer function.

Published 18 December 2018