Testing optimum viewing conditions for mammographic image displays.
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.
Waynant
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Food and Drug Administration, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Rockville, MD 20857, USA.
Chakrabarti
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Kaczmarek
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Dagenais
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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