Recommendations on Standards for the Design of Medical Diagnostic Equipment for Adults with Disabilities, Advisory Committee Final Report

Notes: 

1. Where possible, the subcommittee focused only on the anthropomorphic data of women, the primary group needing mammography.

2. The concept of technical feasibility is one found in other areas of access.  It recognizes that there may be physical factors that make create limits to what functions can be achieved even with redesign.  In mammography, the physical stability and operation of the equipment fall into this category.  The committee recognizes that future visionaries may be able to “re-vision” new devices.

3. Given the differing shapes of mammography devices, defining the dimensions in relationship to each other with a static measurement point for the breast platform assures accessibility despite the varied shapes and dimensions of the breast platform. Otherwise,, it is quite possible to configure a piece of equipment that meets all the clearances yet does not provide accessibility if there is not a defined method of measuring the clearances in relationship to the breast platform.

4. Measured from the point on the floor where a perpendicular line intersects the front edge of breast platform shown in Figure 10.