Experimental determination of effective X-ray attenuation coefficients of 3D-printed materials under clinical mammography spectra
This framework demonstrates that routine clinical mammography systems can be used directly, without specialized instrumentation, to characterize 3D-printed materials as tissue surrogates. Several low-cost, widely available polymers were shown to reproduce breast tissue attenuation, supporting the local fabrication of anthropomorphic breast phantoms for realistic and clinically relevant image quality evaluation.
Authors
- Antonio Fortes Martín (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6770-4932)
- Alejandro Ferrando
- María José Rot
- Irene Hernández‐Girón (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2235-098X)
- Luis Carlos Martínez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7741-2984)
- Margarita Chevalier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3848-9783)
- Adrián Belarra
- Julio Valverde (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-8480-8415)
- Julia Garayoa
Institutions
- University College Dublin (IE)
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid (ES)
- Hospital Universitario 12 De Octubre (ES)
- Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz (ES)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
- Published
- 2026-02-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2025.1719551
- Primary Topic
- Digital Radiography and Breast Imaging
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación