Transillumination of breast tissues: factors governing optimal imaging of lesions.
Lesions within the female breast may be observed in a darkened room when the tissues are transilluminated by white light. Telediaphanography is a method of recording that can reproduce images of lesions in monochrome or pseudocolor in real time. A model system is described that permits measurement of spatial resolution.
D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010781:Photography; D013690:Television; D014172:Transillumination / Q000379:methods*