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Dose measurements were taken with and without contact shielding across the anterior and lateral aspects of the breasts and with and without organ dose modulation (ODM) to quantify achievable dose reductions. Although there are no statistically significant findings, when comparing with and without shielding, the mean breast surface dose was reduced by 0.01\u00a0\u03bcSv without ODM (1.92\u20131.91\u00a0\u03bcSv, p\u00a0=\u00a00.49) and increased by 0.03\u00a0\u03bcSv with ODM (1.53\u20131.56\u00a0\u03bcSv, p\u00a0=\u00a00.44). Comparing with and without ODM, the mean breast surface dose was reduced by 0.35\u00a0\u03bcSv with shielding (1.91\u20131.56\u00a0\u03bcSv, p\u00a0=\u00a00.24) and by 0.39\u00a0\u03bcSv without shielding (1.92\u20131.53\u00a0\u03bcSv, p\u00a0=\u00a00.17). 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