Table 1 Table of PIPs available for images from the three Hungarian hospitals. These physical parameters are measured automatically by the machine at the time of imaging.

From: Physical imaging parameter variation drives domain shift

Physical param (PIP)

Example

In Eq. (1)

Physical param (PIP)

Example

In Eq. (1)

Physical param (PIP)

Example

In Eq. (1)

X-ray tube current (KeV)

62.0

S(E)

Exposure time (ms)

613.0

\(\eta (E)\)

Positioner primary angle (\(^\circ\))

− 50.0

\(\theta\)

Exposure in (uAs)

61500.0

\(E_0\)

Organ dose (mGy)

0.01275

\(E_0\)

Body part thickness (mm)

44.0

r

Relative X-ray exposure

5418.0

\(E_0\)

Entrance dose in (mGy)

5.418

\(E_0\)

Compression force (N)

70.0

r

Detector temperature (\(^\circ\)C)

29.7

\(\eta (E)\)

Focal spot(s) (mm)

0.3

\(\theta\)

Pixel padding range limit (px)

358.0

\(\theta\)

  1. There were many more parameters available for each dataset but they were not all universally named between hospitals so were dropped to avoid false comparisons. Each parameter has a direct or indirect relation to a term in Eq. (1). Some of these parameters are derived from others thus should hold some redundant information, this further justifies the PCA space analysis, see Fig. 5.