Feature stabilized digital x-ray coronary angiograms improve human visual detection in JPEG compressed images

Optics Express

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 193-199

  Eckstein, M P ^a   Bartroff, J L ^a   Morioka, C A ^a   Vodopich, D J ^a   Whiting, J S ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTEGRATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; X RAY ANALYSIS;

STABILIZED DISPLAYS (SD); VISUAL DETECTIONS; X-RAY CORONARY ANGIOGRAMS;

IMAGE COMPRESSION;

EID: 0000498663     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.4.000193     Document Type: Article

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