Comparison of a cathode-ray-tube and film for display of computed radiographic images

Medical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 7 I, 1998, Pages 1132-1138

  Cook, Larry T ^a   Cox, Glendon G ^a   Insana, Michael F ^a   McFadden, Michael A ^a   Hall, Timothy J ^a   Gaborski, Roger S ^b   Lure, Fleming Y M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cathode ray tube monitor; Contrast detail analysis; Luminance

Indexed keywords

CATHODE RAYS; CATHODES; DISPLAY DEVICES; IMAGE QUALITY; LUMINANCE; TABLE LOOKUP;

BACKGROUND LUMINANCE; CATHODE RAY TUBE MONITORS; CONTRAST DETAIL ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY ASSESSMENT; LUMINANCE CONTRAST; OBSERVER PERFORMANCE; PERCEPTUAL LINEARIZATION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGES;

CATHODE RAY TUBES;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; FILM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; LUMINANCE; MONITOR; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; TUBE;

EID: 0031867498     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598304     Document Type: Article

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