Soft-copy display and reading: What the radiologist should know in the digital era

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1276-1284

  Sorantin, Erich ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Computer applications; Data display; Radiology information systems

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; GEOMETRY; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MONITOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOLOGIST; READING; REVIEW; SOFT COPY DISPLAY; VISION;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER TERMINALS; DATA DISPLAY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOLOGY; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 55949134599     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-008-0898-6     Document Type: Review

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