Performance of mammographic equipment in the UK Breast Screening Programme in 1998/99

NHSBSP Publication No 45 published March 2000

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All mammographic x-ray systems used in the NHSBSP are subject to regular testing by physicists. This report presents an analysis by the National Coordinating Centre for the Physics of Mammography of one set of results collected on each of the mammographic systems in the NHSBSP in 1998/99.The performance of systems is compared with established standards.

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