Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Digital Image Quality: A Contrast-Detail Study Using the Leeds Phantom

  • Conference paper
Computer Assisted Radiology / Computergestützte Radiologie

  • 109 Accesses

Abstract

A contrast-detail study using the Leeds phantom was conducted to evaluate five viewing areas in a multi-station clinical PACS system. The study showed that conventional film viewed on a viewbox was superior to all CR images when noise rather than resolution is dominant. However, the 18 x 24 CR plates were better than film for the smallest objects. For softcopy viewing the ambient lighting conditions were more important that the data matrix size or bit depth used on the viewing station.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 84.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

References

  1. Hay et al, A set of X-ray test objects for quality control in television fluoroscopy. BJR 58, 335–344, 1985

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. Hay and Chesters, Threshold mechanisms in the presence of visual noise. In: Medical Images; Formation, Perception and Measurement, Institute of Physics, Bristol, 1976

    Google Scholar 

  3. Webster and Wipfelder, J. Soc. Mot. Pict. Tel. Eng. 73, 617–624, 1964

    Google Scholar 

  4. Cohen, Contrast-Detail Analysis of Imaging Systems: Caveats and Kudos. In: Recent Developments in Digital Imaging, AAPM Monograph 12, AIP, New York, 1985

    Google Scholar 

  5. Cowen et al., Leeds X-ray Test Objects, The University of Leeds, Leeds, 1987

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Radiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA

    G. D. Frey, C. W. Starr & L. B. Usher

  2. Department of Computer Science, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, USA

    C. W. Starr

Authors
  1. G. D. Frey
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. C. W. Starr
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. L. B. Usher
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Institut für Technische Informatik, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany

    Heinz U. Lemke Ph.D.

  2. College of Biomedical Technology, Osaka University, 1 - 1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka-shi, Osaka 560, Japan

    Kiyonari Inamura Ph.D.

  3. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

    C. Carl Jaffe M.D.

  4. Universitätsklinikum Rudolf Virchow, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany

    Roland Felix M.D.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 1993 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg

About this paper

Cite this paper

Frey, G.D., Starr, C.W., Usher, L.B. (1993). Digital Image Quality: A Contrast-Detail Study Using the Leeds Phantom. In: Lemke, H.U., Inamura, K., Jaffe, C.C., Felix, R. (eds) Computer Assisted Radiology / Computergestützte Radiologie. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-49351-5_16

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-49351-5_16

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-642-49353-9

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-642-49351-5

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation