Table 3 Mean intensity values of the iodine in different lesions in three different breast equivalent phantom.

Lesion pattern in the phantom

Tissue composition of the phantom

100% adipose

50%adipose-50%glandular

100% glandular

F + 0.5 mgI/cm3

0.970(±0.002)

0.972(±0.005)

0.974(±0.003)

F + 1.0 mgI/cm3

0.958(±0.003)

0.962(±0.002)

0.973(±0.007)

F + 2.0 mgI/cm3

0.956(±0.003)

0.958(±0.004)

0.964(±0.004)

G + 0.5 mgI/cm3

0.889(±0.007)

0.894(±0.007)

0.905(±0.006)

G + 1.0 mgI/cm3

0.882(±0.007)

0.887(±0.007)

0.906(±0.006)

G + 2.0 mgI/cm3

0.877(±0.008)

0.881(±0.009)

0.895(±0.006)

FG + 0.5 mgI/cm3

0.934(±0.004)

0.939(±0.005)

0.944(±0.004)

FG + 1.0 mgI/cm3

0.928(±0.004)

0.930(±0.004)

0.946(±0.003)

FG + 2.0 mgI/cm3

0.921(±0.005)

0.925(±0.006)

0.933(±0.004)