Impact of Ambient Light and Window Settings on the Detectability of Catheters on Soft-Copy Display of Chest Radiographs at Bedside

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 181, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1415-1421

  Fuchsjäger, Michael H ^a   Schaefer Prokop, Cornelia M ^a   Eisenhuber, Edith ^a   Homolka, Peter ^a   Weber, Michael ^a   Funovics, Martin A ^a   Prokop, Mathias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT LIGHT SETTING; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; COLOR CATHODE RAY TUBE MONITOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISPLAY SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLAROGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT COPY DISPLAY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WINDOW SETTING;

EID: 19244382193     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.181.5.1811415     Document Type: Article

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