• DocumentCode
    833884
  • Title

    Display Processing of Computed Tomography Images

  • Author

    Frei, Werner

  • Author_Institution
    Medical Imaging Science Group University of Southern California Department of Radiology 4676 Admiralty Way Marina del Rey, California 90291
  • Volume
    25
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1978
  • fDate
    4/1/1978 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    939
  • Lastpage
    943
  • Abstract
    In this paper, we review some of the possibilities for digital enhancement of Computed Tomography (CT) images. The basic hypothesis is that the array of computed x-ray absorbtion values obtained in CT contains more information than the unaided eye can generally grasp. Examples of novel contrast enhancement and noise smoothing algorithms are included to support this hypothesis. Particular attention is paid to properties of the human visual system which we consider an element of the overall information processing loop.
  • Keywords
    Biomedical imaging; Computed tomography; Displays; Humans; Image processing; Information processing; Radiology; Smoothing methods; Visual system; X-ray imaging;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.1978.4329439
  • Filename
    4329439