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Practices and attitudes about cathode-ray tube-based and film-based image interpretation.

A questionnaire was mailed to 708 practicing radiologists and 348 members of the Society for Computer applications in Radiology (SCAR) in order to evaluate current practices and attitudes regarding the perceived advantages or disadvantages of film- and CRT-based image interpretation. A total of 27% of the 1,056 questionnaires (137 practicing radiologists; 145 SCAR members were returned. Ninety percent of practicing radiologists used film at least 75% of the time. Advantages of film-based reading listed by more than 75% of the respondents included: film reading is faster, and facilitates viewing multiple images. Advantages of CRT-based reading included: access to the entire dynamic range and potential imaging processing. Desirable attributes of existing displays included: adjustable grey scale, magnification, ability to view multiple images, allow quick review, and viewing by several individuals. Valued potential advances included: multiple higher resolution monitors, image processing and multimodality display. Practicing radiologists and computer applications society members had similar attitudes. Film-based reading is still nearly universal, but radiologists are interested in CRT-based reading if such devices have the proper features and become more available.

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Quality control of cathode-ray tube monitors for medical imaging using a simple photometer.

As computer monitors are used more in medical imaging and the use of picture archiving and communication system workstations with multiple monitors is increasing, quality control protocols become necessary to track subtle variations in performance characteristics. Several tests based on previously published work were applied to 10 monitors of three different types over a period of 5 months. Each test is explained, and the results are shown. For example, without corrective adjustments, 2 monitors from the same workstation showed a small but steady decline in maximum luminance of 8.1% and 7.6% over the course of 11 weeks that was not perceptible. From this experience, we took the first step toward developing a practical and useful quality control protocol. The proposed protocol requires only a photometer and the ability to generate the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) test pattern, and takes approximately 5 minutes per monitor per week to gather data.

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Factors affecting cathode ray tube display performance.

Monitors are a complex combination of analog circuits that perform absolutely amazing feats of current and voltage control at both low and high frequency. Digital circuits can reduce the complexity of interfacing with the adjustments and even be used to build complex waveforms, but they cannot replace the point at which pure power is required. Five main topic areas are covered, each building on the other in how they relate to display performance. They are glass composition, resolution and addressability, phosphor selection and aging characteristics, light output and uniformity, and the tools available to assess display performance.

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