A Well Tempered Mammographic Display

Abstract

The objective was the development and testing of a simple softcopy display for digital mammography that was matched to human contrast sensitivity at ambient light levels. A calibration procedure was developed that derived a display function for the mammogram display based upon equalizing the just noticeable difference in contrast over the intensity range of the monitor at ambient illumination. The maximum and minimum pixel intensity determined for each breast image was used to set the range of the pixel driving value. The two procedures produce a perceptually tempered display. A single non-linear adjustment controls the displayed contrast. A rove-zoom feature that simultaneously coupled the location of features in the cranio-caudal and medio-lateral oblique views was developed. The time to detection and the detection accuracy using ROC analysis was compared for two radiologists reading mammograms using three display functions: (1) a function specifically set for each image that acted as an ideal performance standard, (2) standard linear contrast controls and (3) the perceptually tempered display. There was no difference in accuracy between the standard linear contrast controls and the perceptually tempered display. Both display functions were as accurate as the performance standard but they both incurred slightly more decision time.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA358203

Entities

People

  • Harold Kundel

Organizations

  • University of Pennsylvania

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Algorithms
  • Biomedical Research
  • Breast Cancer
  • Computer Programs
  • Detection
  • Films
  • Gaussian Noise
  • Illumination
  • Intensity
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Medical Personnel
  • Neoplasms
  • Physicians
  • Sensitivity
  • Standards

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
  • Regression Analysis.
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.