Object detectability at increased ambient lighting conditions

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2204-2213

  Pollard, Benjamin J ^a   Chawla, Amarpreet S ^a   Delong, David M ^a   Hashimoto, Noriyuki ^b   Samei, Ehsan ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Eizo Nanao Technologies Inc   (United States)

^c Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation luminance; Ambient lighting; Diagnostic radiology; Displays; LCD; Reading room

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL IMAGING AND COMMUNICATIONS IN MEDICINE (DICOM); DISPLAY DEVICES; LIGHTING; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; OBJECT DETECTION; X RAY SCREENS;

AMBIENT LIGHTING; DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMANCE; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY; FALSE POSITIVE DETECTION; OBJECT DETECTABILITY; PSYCHOPHYSICAL EVIDENCES; PSYCHOPHYSICAL STUDIES; READING ROOM;

LUMINANCE;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ILLUMINATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL; LUMINANCE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 44349090398     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2907566     Document Type: Article

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