A method to create mammography phantoms with radiopaque ink and an inkjet printer was developed. A mammography image was printed on several sheets of bond paper, modulated by a calibration function, creating a phantom image that can emulate the original object in a clinical image. The radiopaque ink on paper was stable, at least, over a month. The representation of the mammography image was visually equivalent, and the limitations of the method come from noise, alignment difficulties, and dynamic range compression.
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