The Influence of Increased Ambient Lighting on Mass Detection in Mammograms

Academic Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 299-304

  Pollard, Benjamin J ^a   Samei, Ehsan ^a   Chawla, Amarpreet S ^a   Baker, Jay ^a   Ghate, Sujata ^a   Kim, Connie ^a   Soo, Mary S ^a   Hashimoto, Noriyuki ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambient lighting; LCD; mammography; reading room

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JOB PERFORMANCE; LIGHT; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; READING ROOM; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ARTIFACTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER TERMINALS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHTING; MAMMOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 59449104365     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2008.08.017     Document Type: Article

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