Characterization of liquid-crystal displays for medical images. Part 2

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5029, Issue , 2003, Pages 449-473

  Blume, Hartwig ^a   Steven, Peter M ^a   Ho, Anne Marie ^a   Stevens, Fred ^a   Abileah, Adi ^b   Robinson, Scott ^b   Roehrig, Hans ^c   Fan, Jiahua ^c   Chawla, Amarpreet ^c   Gandhi, Kunal ^c  

^a Planar Systems Inc   (United States)

^b Planar Systems Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast; Display function; Grayscale calibration; LCD (liquid crystal display); Modulation transfer function; Noise power spectrum; Reflection coefficient; Temporal response time

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CATHODE RAY TUBES; FLUORESCENT SCREENS; IMAGE QUALITY; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL SENSORS; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS;

DISPLAY FUNCTION; GRAYSCALE CALIBRATION; NOISE POWER SPECTRUM; PHOSPHOR SCREENS; TEMPORAL RESPONSE TIME;

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS;

EID: 0043126946     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.479774     Document Type: Conference Paper

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