title: Chest CT window settings with multiscale adaptive histogram equalization: pilot study.
abstract: Multiscale adaptive histogram equalization (MAHE), a wavelet-based algorithm, was investigated as a method of automatic simultaneous display of the full dynamic contrast range of a computed tomographic image. Interpretation times were significantly lower for MAHE-enhanced images compared with those for conventionally displayed images. Diagnostic accuracy, however, was insufficient in this pilot study to allow recommendation of MAHE as a replacement for conventional window display.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. lmf200@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Laura M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Fayad
authors.forename: Yinpeng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Andrew F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Laine
authors.forename: Yahya M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Berkmen
authors.forename: Gregory D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Pearson
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Freedman
authors.forename: Ronald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Van Heertum
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*