Proposal of a quality-index or metric for soft copy display systems: Contrast sensitivity study

Journal of Digital Imaging

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 185-202

  Wang, Jihong ^a   Compton, Ken ^b   Peng, Qi ^a  

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

^b Clinton Electronics Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast sensitivity; Display quality index; Gradient of luminance response curve; Human observer performance; Soft copy display

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER MONITORS; IMAGE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; IMAGE QUALITY; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS;

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISPLAY QUALITY INDEX; SOFT COPY DISPLAY SYSTEM;

DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER TERMINAL; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; VISION;

COMPUTER TERMINALS; DATA DISPLAY; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0346906978     PISSN: 08971889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10278-003-1657-8     Document Type: Article

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