Contrast mapping and evaluation for electronic X-ray images on CRT display monitor

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 772-784

  Suzuki, Junji ^a   Furukawa, Isao ^a   Ono, Sadayasu ^a   Kitamura, Masayuki ^a   Ando, Yutaka ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Digital radiography; Gray scale transform; Super high definition images; X ray images

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; CATHODE RAY TUBES; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; DISPLAY DEVICES; IMAGE QUALITY;

CONTRAST MAPPING; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; GRAY SCALE TRANSFORM; SUPER HIGH DEFINITION (SHD) IMAGES;

X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ROC CURVE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

DATA DISPLAY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; ROC CURVE;

EID: 0031283412     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.650874     Document Type: Article

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