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Image Quality of a Wet Laser Printer Versus a Paper Printer for Full-Field Digital Mammograms

Gerd Schueller1, Elisabeth Kaindl1, Wolfgang K. Matzek1, Friedrich Semturs2, Claudia Schueller-Weidekamm1 and Thomas H. Helbich1

1 Department of Radiology, University Hospital Vienna and Medical University of Vienna, Austria, Waehringer Guertel 18-20/7F, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.
2 Department of Biomedical Engineering and Physics, University Hospital Vienna and Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.



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  		Fig. 1 —Luminance values of GE Printer Test Image (GE Healthcare). Gray indicates paper printer (DICOM DocuColor 50, Xerox), black indicates wet laser printer (Scopix LR 5200, Agfa). Dynamic range of wet laser printer, 530; with paper printer, 8.

 


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  		Fig. 2A —Mammogram views (craniocaudal and mediolateral oblique) of two representative patients. Areas of pleomorphous calcifications shown in wet laser printer (Scopix LR 5200, Agfa) images (black circles in A and C, E and G), none of which were seen in paper printer (DICOM DocuColor 50, Xerox) images (B and D, F and H). Thus, in both patients, lesions were classified as BI-RADS category 4 on wet laser printer images and BI-RADS category 2 on paper printer images. 35-year-old woman with breast tissue having BI-RADS composition pattern type 3.

 


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  		Fig. 2B —Mammogram views (craniocaudal and mediolateral oblique) of two representative patients. Areas of pleomorphous calcifications shown in wet laser printer (Scopix LR 5200, Agfa) images (black circles in A and C, E and G), none of which were seen in paper printer (DICOM DocuColor 50, Xerox) images (B and D, F and H). Thus, in both patients, lesions were classified as BI-RADS category 4 on wet laser printer images and BI-RADS category 2 on paper printer images. 35-year-old woman with breast tissue having BI-RADS composition pattern type 3.

 


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  		Fig. 2C —Mammogram views (craniocaudal and mediolateral oblique) of two representative patients. Areas of pleomorphous calcifications shown in wet laser printer (Scopix LR 5200, Agfa) images (black circles in A and C, E and G), none of which were seen in paper printer (DICOM DocuColor 50, Xerox) images (B and D, F and H). Thus, in both patients, lesions were classified as BI-RADS category 4 on wet laser printer images and BI-RADS category 2 on paper printer images. 35-year-old woman with breast tissue having BI-RADS composition pattern type 3.

 


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  		Fig. 2D —Mammogram views (craniocaudal and mediolateral oblique) of two representative patients. Areas of pleomorphous calcifications shown in wet laser printer (Scopix LR 5200, Agfa) images (black circles in A and C, E and G), none of which were seen in paper printer (DICOM DocuColor 50, Xerox) images (B and D, F and H). Thus, in both patients, lesions were classified as BI-RADS category 4 on wet laser printer images and BI-RADS category 2 on paper printer images. 35-year-old woman with breast tissue having BI-RADS composition pattern type 3.

 


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  		Fig. 2E —Mammogram views (craniocaudal and mediolateral oblique) of two representative patients. Areas of pleomorphous calcifications shown in wet laser printer (Scopix LR 5200, Agfa) images (black circles in A and C, E and G), none of which were seen in paper printer (DICOM DocuColor 50, Xerox) images (B and D, F and H). Thus, in both patients, lesions were classified as BI-RADS category 4 on wet laser printer images and BI-RADS category 2 on paper printer images. 65-year-old woman with breast tissue having BI-RADS composition pattern type 1.

 


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  		Fig. 2F —Mammogram views (craniocaudal and mediolateral oblique) of two representative patients. Areas of pleomorphous calcifications shown in wet laser printer (Scopix LR 5200, Agfa) images (black circles in A and C, E and G), none of which were seen in paper printer (DICOM DocuColor 50, Xerox) images (B and D, F and H). Thus, in both patients, lesions were classified as BI-RADS category 4 on wet laser printer images and BI-RADS category 2 on paper printer images. 65-year-old woman with breast tissue having BI-RADS composition pattern type 1.

 


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  		Fig. 2G —Mammogram views (craniocaudal and mediolateral oblique) of two representative patients. Areas of pleomorphous calcifications shown in wet laser printer (Scopix LR 5200, Agfa) images (black circles in A and C, E and G), none of which were seen in paper printer (DICOM DocuColor 50, Xerox) images (B and D, F and H). Thus, in both patients, lesions were classified as BI-RADS category 4 on wet laser printer images and BI-RADS category 2 on paper printer images. 65-year-old woman with breast tissue having BI-RADS composition pattern type 1.

 


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  		Fig. 2H —Mammogram views (craniocaudal and mediolateral oblique) of two representative patients. Areas of pleomorphous calcifications shown in wet laser printer (Scopix LR 5200, Agfa) images (black circles in A and C, E and G), none of which were seen in paper printer (DICOM DocuColor 50, Xerox) images (B and D, F and H). Thus, in both patients, lesions were classified as BI-RADS category 4 on wet laser printer images and BI-RADS category 2 on paper printer images. 65-year-old woman with breast tissue having BI-RADS composition pattern type 1.

 

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