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Radiographic viewing conditions at Johannesburg Hospital

PURPOSE: To measure the luminance level of X-ray viewing boxes and ambient lighting levels in reporting rooms as a quality assurance procedure, and to compare the results with those recommended by the Directorate of Radiation Control, South Africa (DRC), European Commission (EC) and Nordic Radiation...

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Autores principales: Nyathi, T, Mwale, AN, Segone, P, Mhlanga, SH, Pule, ML
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Department of Biomedical Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Malaysia 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3097709/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21614322
http://dx.doi.org/10.2349/biij.4.2.e17
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author Nyathi, T
Mwale, AN
Segone, P
Mhlanga, SH
Pule, ML
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description PURPOSE: To measure the luminance level of X-ray viewing boxes and ambient lighting levels in reporting rooms as a quality assurance procedure, and to compare the results with those recommended by the Directorate of Radiation Control, South Africa (DRC), European Commission (EC) and Nordic Radiation Protection Co-operation (NORDIC). MATERIALS AND METHODS: All the viewing boxes housed at the Divisions of Radiation Oncology and Radiology of Johannesburg Hospital had their luminance levels measured using a calibrated photometer. In addition the room’s ambient light was measured using a photometer. RESULTS: The mean average luminance was 1026.75 ± 548.65 cd m(-2) and 3284.38 ± 327.91 cd m(-2) at the Division of Radiology and Division of Radiation Oncology respectively. The Division of Radiation Oncology had an average viewing box uniformity of 7.14% compared to 27.32% at the Division of Radiology. The average ambient lighting was found to be 66.30 lux and 66.43 lux at the Division of Radiation Oncology and Division of Radiology respectively. CONCLUSION: The radiograph viewing conditions in Johannesburg variably comply with guidelines. This study underscores the need to implement quality control and quality assurance standards in radiographic image viewing.
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spelling pubmed-30977092011-05-24 Radiographic viewing conditions at Johannesburg Hospital Nyathi, T Mwale, AN Segone, P Mhlanga, SH Pule, ML Biomed Imaging Interv J Technical Report PURPOSE: To measure the luminance level of X-ray viewing boxes and ambient lighting levels in reporting rooms as a quality assurance procedure, and to compare the results with those recommended by the Directorate of Radiation Control, South Africa (DRC), European Commission (EC) and Nordic Radiation Protection Co-operation (NORDIC). MATERIALS AND METHODS: All the viewing boxes housed at the Divisions of Radiation Oncology and Radiology of Johannesburg Hospital had their luminance levels measured using a calibrated photometer. In addition the room’s ambient light was measured using a photometer. RESULTS: The mean average luminance was 1026.75 ± 548.65 cd m(-2) and 3284.38 ± 327.91 cd m(-2) at the Division of Radiology and Division of Radiation Oncology respectively. The Division of Radiation Oncology had an average viewing box uniformity of 7.14% compared to 27.32% at the Division of Radiology. The average ambient lighting was found to be 66.30 lux and 66.43 lux at the Division of Radiation Oncology and Division of Radiology respectively. CONCLUSION: The radiograph viewing conditions in Johannesburg variably comply with guidelines. This study underscores the need to implement quality control and quality assurance standards in radiographic image viewing. Department of Biomedical Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Malaysia 2008-04-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3097709/ /pubmed/21614322 http://dx.doi.org/10.2349/biij.4.2.e17 Text en © 2008 Biomedical Imaging and Intervention Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Mhlanga, SH
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Radiographic viewing conditions at Johannesburg Hospital
title Radiographic viewing conditions at Johannesburg Hospital
title_full Radiographic viewing conditions at Johannesburg Hospital
title_fullStr Radiographic viewing conditions at Johannesburg Hospital
title_full_unstemmed Radiographic viewing conditions at Johannesburg Hospital
title_short Radiographic viewing conditions at Johannesburg Hospital
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3097709/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21614322
http://dx.doi.org/10.2349/biij.4.2.e17
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