Digital luminescence radiography using a chest phantom. Comparison between radiographs displayed on monitor at a workstation and at a personal.
With the introduction of picture and archiving communicating systems an alternative image display for the wards might be a personal computer (PC). The intention with this study was to evaluate the diagnostic image quality of the monitor of a PC compared to that of a workstation. Eighty-five digital radiographs of a chest phantom with simulated tumors in the mediastinum and right lung were saved on optical discs. The examination were reviewed by 4 radiologists on a monitor at a workstation and at a PC, and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were constructed. No significant difference was found between performance of the PC and the workstation.
Lyttkens
K
K
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University Hospital, Lund, Sweden.
Kehler
M
M
Andersson
B
B
Carlsen
S
S
Ebbesen
A
A
Hochbergs
P
P
Strömbäck
A
A
D003199:Computer Systems; D003626:Data Display; D006801:Humans; D008163:Luminescent Measurements; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008838:Microcomputers; D008961:Models, Structural; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D013909:Thorax