The Mammographic Accreditation Phantom was designed to test the performance of a mammographic system by a quantitative evaluation of the system?s ability to image small structures similar to those found clinically.
Objects within the phantom simulate calcifications, fibrous calcifications in ducts, and tumor masses.
The phantom is also designed to determine if a mammographic system can detect small structures that are important in the early detection of breast cancer.
Test objects within the phantom range in size from those that should be visible on any system, to objects that will be difficult to see even on the best mammographic system.
