Contrast transmission in medical image display

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 375, Issue , 1982, Pages 2-9

  Pizer, Stephen M ^a   Zimmerman, John B ^a   Johnston, R Eugene ^a  

^a North Carolina State's College of Natural Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST TRANSMISSION; CT NUMBERS; DISPLAYS; LUMINANCE; MEDICAL IMAGING; RECORDED INTENSITIES;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 0020239825     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.934586     Document Type: Conference Paper

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