Pro-MAM Gold mk II
Mammography Contrast-Detail Phantom - Diagnomatic by Pro-Project - 03-402

Pro-MAM Gold mk II from Diagnomatic by Pro-Project provides an updated gold-target design for evaluating small, low-contrast details in mammography.

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Models and Ordering

Product highlights

• gold disc diameter accuracy of 0.001 mm (1 μm) and thickness accuracy of 0.1 nm (0.0001 μm)
• gold disc objects positioned at depth suggested by EUREF
• smallest objects are positioned in the middle of the phantom where sensitivity of the x-ray device is the best
• discs are grouped into five sections relative to the EUREF limiting diameters values (2.0, 1.0, 0.5, 0.25 and 0.1 mm)
• disc thickness is optimized to result in contrast details curves for each diameter to correspond with EUREF limiting values
• no materials other than PMMA are used, so there is no need to calculate PMMA-equivalent attenuation for other materials such as aluminium
• for full-field analog and digital units
• Diagnomatic software provides automatic and semi-automatic analysis of the phantom’s images, returning the Contrast-Details curve and the remaining data required for evaluation

Specifications

• phantom size: 240 x 180 or 300 x 240 mm
• main 20 mm module contains 672 gold (99.99%) discs
• 21 diameters from 0.08 - 2.00 mm
• each diameter has its own optimized thickness range of 5 nm – 110 nm for the 2.00 mm diameter gold discs to 600 nm – 2800 nm for the 0.08 mm diameter, all in 16 steps
• discs are placed at a depth of 10 mm
• 2 discs per cell, one disc is placed in the middle and one near the random corner of the cell
• diameter accuracy 0.001 mm (1 μm)
• thickness accuracy: 0.1 nm (0.0001 μm)
• 2 additional 10 mm PMMA plates (thickness accuracy about 0.05 mm)
• 2 additional 5 mm PMMA plates (thickness accuracy about 0.05 mm)
• carrying case

The chart compares the Contrast Details Curves of the Pro-MAM Gold mk II phantom against the limiting values set by EUREF, showing the correlation between them. This allows evaluation of a mammography system performance according to the requirements of European Protocol for quality assurance in Digital Mammography.

Features and Test References

• complies with:
  – 4th edition of the European Guidelines for Quality Assurance in Breast Cancer Screening and Diagnosis (EPQC)
  – EUREF type test protocol version 1.2
  – EN-IEC 61223-3-2
  – IEC 61223-3-2
  – NHSBSP Equipment Report 0604, Commissioning and Routine Testing of Full Field Digital Mammography Systems Published April 2009 (Version 3)
  – DIN 6868-162
• CE marked
• Includes a manual covering the tests, result evaluation and recording.

Learn about Diagnomatic quality assurance software and its image analysis workflow.

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• Pro-MAM Gold