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Evaluation of mammographic viewbox luminance, illuminance, and color. 1993

A G Haus, and J E Gray, and T R Daly

Health Sciences Division, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York 14650.

Twenty-three viewboxes were evaluated in six mammography facilities. Luminance and illuminance measurements were made with a recently calibrated photometer. Color temperatures were measured with a Minolta color meter. The average luminance for the 23 viewboxes was 2920 nit (lumen/Sr/m2), the lowest value was 1610 nit, and the highest value was 3630 nit. The average illuminance was 40 lux (lumen/m2), with 6 lux as the lowest value, and 97 lux as the highest. The average color temperature was 8400 K with the lowest value of 4900 K, and the highest of 10,900 K.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008029	Lighting	The illumination of an environment and the arrangement of lights to achieve an effect or optimal visibility. Its application is in domestic or in public settings and in medical and non-medical environments.	Illumination
D008327	Mammography	Radiographic examination of the breast.	3D-Mammography,Digital Breast Tomosynthesis,Digital Mammography,X-ray Breast Tomosynthesis,3D Mammography,3D-Mammographies,Breast Tomosyntheses, Digital,Breast Tomosyntheses, X-ray,Breast Tomosynthesis, Digital,Breast Tomosynthesis, X-ray,Digital Breast Tomosyntheses,Digital Mammographies,Mammographies,Mammographies, Digital,Mammography, Digital,X ray Breast Tomosynthesis,X-ray Breast Tomosyntheses
D003116	Color	The visually perceived property of objects created by absorption or reflection of specific wavelengths of light.	Colors
D005069	Evaluation Studies as Topic	Works about studies that determine the effectiveness or value of processes, personnel, and equipment, or the material on conducting such studies.	Critique,Evaluation Indexes,Evaluation Methodology,Evaluation Report,Evaluation Research,Methodology, Evaluation,Pre-Post Tests,Qualitative Evaluation,Quantitative Evaluation,Theoretical Effectiveness,Use-Effectiveness,Critiques,Effectiveness, Theoretical,Evaluation Methodologies,Evaluation Reports,Evaluation, Qualitative,Evaluation, Quantitative,Evaluations, Qualitative,Evaluations, Quantitative,Indexes, Evaluation,Methodologies, Evaluation,Pre Post Tests,Pre-Post Test,Qualitative Evaluations,Quantitative Evaluations,Report, Evaluation,Reports, Evaluation,Research, Evaluation,Test, Pre-Post,Tests, Pre-Post,Use Effectiveness
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man