title: Testing optimum viewing conditions for mammographic image displays.
abstract: The viewbox luminance and viewing room light level are important parameters in a medical film display, but these parameters have not had much attention. Spatial variations and too much room illumination can mask real signal or create the false perception of a signal. This presentation looks at how scotopic light sources and dark-adapted radiologists may identify more real diseases.
authors.affiliation: Food and Drug Administration, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Rockville, MD 20857, USA.
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Waynant
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chakrabarti
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Kaczmarek
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Dagenais
mesh_terms: D003623:Dark Adaptation; D003626:Data Display; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008027:Light; D008029:Lighting; D008327:Mammography; D011871:Radiology / Q000295:instrumentation; D014962:X-Ray Film