Visual linearization of the display of digital radiographs

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 131-136

  Li, G ^a   Yoshiura, K ^a,b   Welander, U ^a   Sallstrom P ^c   McDavid, W D ^d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Radiographic image enhancement; Radiography, dental, digital; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRIGHTNESS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DENTAL RADIOLOGY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; ALGORITHM; COMPUTER TERMINAL; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; VISION;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER TERMINALS; DATA DISPLAY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIGHT; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL, DIGITAL; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0036490050     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.dmfr.4600663     Document Type: Article

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