MEASUREMENT OF PUPIL SIZE DURING MAMMOGRAPHY

Yongbum Lee, Mieko Uchiyama, Tomoko Sumiyoshi, Takeshi Hara
Abstract:
Many women feel the physical burden during mammography as pain. We examined the pain-related pupil dilation response during mammography. The pupil sizes of 24 women were measured during mammography excluding x-ray irradiation. Their mean pupil diameter was 2.9 mm in relaxation phase before mammography, while it was 3.2 mm in a few seconds after breast compression. The difference in pupil diameter between the relaxation and pressure phases was statistically significant.
Keywords:
mammography, pupil dilation response, pain assessment, objective indicator
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Event details
Event name:
XXI IMEKO World Congress
Title:

Measurement in Research and Industry

Place:
Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC
Time:
30 August 2015 - 04 September 2015