Chapter 12
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GE Healthcare
Senographe DS Acquisition System
Revision 1
Operator Manual 5307907-3-S-1EN
Image Acquisition Procedure
Table 1 Suggested manual techniques
Table 2 Maximum and recommended kV ranges
Compressed
breast
thickness
(mm)
Homogeneously fatty
50% fatty, 50% dense
Homogeneously dense
Target/
Filter
kVp
mAs
Target/
Filter
kVp
mAs
Target/
Filter
kVp
mAs
With grid (contact examination):
< 30
Mo/Mo
25
32
Mo/Mo
26
28
Mo/Mo
26
36
30-40
Mo/Mo
26
36
Mo/Rh
26
45
Mo/Rh
27
50
40-50
Rh/Rh
28
50
Rh/Rh
29
56
Rh/Rh
29
63
50-60
Rh/Rh
29
56
Rh/Rh
29
63
Rh/Rh
30
71
60-70
Rh/Rh
29
71
Rh/Rh
29
80
Rh/Rh
30
80
70-80
Rh/Rh
29
80
Rh/Rh
30
90
Rh/Rh
31
80
> 80
Rh/Rh
30
90
Rh/Rh
30
140
Rh/Rh
31
140
Without grid (magnification examination):
< 30
Mo/Mo
25
25
Mo/Mo
26
36
Mo/Mo
27
56
30-40
Mo/Mo
26
36
Mo/Mo
27
56
Mo/Rh
27
63
40-50
Mo/Rh
28
56
Rh/Rh
29
71
Rh/Rh
30
71
50-60
Rh/Rh
29
71
Rh/Rh
30
80
Rh/Rh
31
71
60-70
Rh/Rh
30
71
Rh/Rh
31
80
Rh/Rh
32
80
70-80
Rh/Rh
31
80
Rh/Rh
32
90
Rh/Rh
33
80
> 80
Rh/Rh
32
80
Rh/Rh
33
110
Rh/Rh
35
125
TRACK
FILTER
KV RANGE
MAXIMUM
RECOMMENDED
Mo
Mo
22 thru 32
25 thru 28
Mo
Rh
22 thru 40
26 thru 30
Rh
Rh
25 thru 49
28 thru 35
FOR
TRAINING
PURPOSES
ONLY!
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