The effect of spatial noise of LCD displays on the detection capabilities of the human observer

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5749, Issue , 2005, Pages 538-548

  Gandhi, Kunal ^a,b   Fan, Jiahua ^a,b   Roehrig, Hans ^b   Sundareshan, Malur K ^a   Krupinski, Elizabeth ^b,c  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Error diffusion; LCD; Spatial noise; Two alternative forced choice

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC FIELDS; CAMERAS; CCD CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; CONFORMAL MAPPING; DIFFUSION; DIGITAL CAMERAS; ERROR COMPENSATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; NOISE POLLUTION; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

CAMERA IMAGES; COMPENSATION METHODS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITIES; CONTRAST THRESHOLDS; DETECTABILITY INDICES; DETECTION CAPABILITIES; ERROR DIFFUSION; GAUSSIAN; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; HUMAN OBSERVERS; LCD; LCD DISPLAYS; LUNG NODULES; NOISE COMPENSATIONS; PSYCHOPHYSICAL EVALUATIONS; SPATIAL NOISE; TWO-ALTERNATIVE FORCED CHOICE;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 24644488785     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.595995     Document Type: Conference Paper

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