Neonatal chest computed radiography: image processing and optimal image display.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study was to determine soft-copy image display preferences of brightness, latitude, and detail contrast for neonatal chest computed radiography to establish a baseline for future work on low-dose imaging.


CONCLUSIONS
Observers preferred brighter images with higher detail contrast and narrow to middle latitude for soft-copy display compared with the typical screen-film hard-copy appearance. Future research on low-dose neonatal chest imaging will be facilitated by an understanding of optimal soft-copy image display.
Don
Steven
S
Mallinckrodt Institute for Radiology, St. Louis Children's Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, 510 S Kingshighway, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA. dons@mir.wustl.edu
Whiting
Bruce R
BR
Ellinwood
Jacquelyn S
JS
Foos
David H
DH
Kronemer
Keith A
KA
Kraus
Richard A
RA
D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic / Q000379:methods*