Preliminary validation of a new variable pattern for daily quality assurance of medical image display devices

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2744-2758

  Jacobs, Jurgen ^a   Rogge, Frank ^a,c   Kotre, John ^b   Marchal, Guy ^a   Bosmans, Hilde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c AVN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Constancy check; CRT; LCD; Monitors; Quality assurance; Variable test pattern; Viewing devices

Indexed keywords

CATHODE RAY TUBES; DISPLAY DEVICES; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; MEDICAL IMAGING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SOFTWARE TESTING;

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CONSTANCY CHECK; GEOMETRIC DISTORTION; LEARNING EFFECTS; MEDICAL PHYSICISTS; RANDOM CHARACTERS; TEST PATTERN; VIEWING DEVICES;

QUALITY CONTROL;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEVICE; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; VALIDATION STUDY; HUMAN;

ARTIFACTS; HUMANS; QUALITY CONTROL; SOFTWARE;

EID: 34347388646     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2742502     Document Type: Article

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