title: Optimized algorithms for displaying 16-bit gray scale images on 8-bit computer graphic systems.
abstract: Most personal computers contain 8-bit graphic display hardware, whereas most medical gray scale images are stored at 16-bit per pixel integers. To display medical gray scale images on such computers, the 16-bit image data must be remapped into 8-bit gray scale images. This report presents the algorithms and computer code that allow very rapid 16-bit to 8-bit image data transformation. These algorithms are helpful in allowing personal computers with at least the performance of a Macintosh II (Apple Computer, Cupertino, CA) computer to function as low-end picture archiving communication systems or personal workstations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.
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authors.lastname: Gillespy
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003196:Computer Graphics; D003626:Data Display; D006801:Humans; D008838:Microcomputers; D011873:Radiology Information Systems