Visual optimization of radiographic tone scale

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3036, Issue , 1997, Pages 118-129

  Lee, Hsien Che ^a   Daly, Scott J ^b   Van Metter, Richard L ^a  

^a EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY   (United States)

^b SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brightness model; Digital radiography; Radiology; Screen film system; Tone scale; Visual optimization

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONS; IMAGE REGISTRATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RADIATION; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY;

BRIGHTNESS MODEL; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; SCREEN/FILM SYSTEM; TONE SCALE; VISUAL OPTIMIZATION;

LUMINANCE;

EID: 0001669575     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.271284     Document Type: Conference Paper

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