An interactive method of assessing the characteristics of softcopy display using observer performance tests

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4686, Issue , 2002, Pages 189-197

  Wang, Jihong ^a   Peng, Qi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast threshold; PACS QC; Quality assessment; Softcopy display

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER MONITORS; COMPUTER PROGRAM LISTINGS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

SOFTCOPY DISPLAY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0036028717     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.462677     Document Type: Conference Paper

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