A comparative contrast-detail study of five medical displays

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1358-1364

  Samei, Ehsan ^a   Ranger, Nicole T ^a   Delong, David M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

AFC; CDRAD; Contrast; Contrast detail; CRT; Digital mammography; Digital radiography; Display systems; LCD; Observer study; PACS; Resolution

Indexed keywords

CATHODE RAY TUBES; CATHODES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MANUFACTURE; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHANTOMS; PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; PIXELS; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL TESTS;

CDRAD; CONTRAST; CONTRAST DETAIL; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; DISPLAY SYSTEM; OBSERVER STUDIES;

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS;

ACRYLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHODE RAY OSCILLOSCOPE; CHI SQUARE TEST; COLOR; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DATA ANALYSIS; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; FORCED CHOICE METHOD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; LIQUID CRYSTAL; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 41449098316     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2868780     Document Type: Article

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