Diagnostic Evaluation Of A PAC Subsystem Using Phantom Chest Roentgenograms: An Observer Performance Study

L. H. L. Winter; B. M. Ter Haar Rorneny; F. H. Barneveld Binkhuysen; F. P. Otter; H. A. O. Warnars; W. B. Becking; E. J. Haanraadts; G. J. Krabbe

doi:10.1117/12.953356

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25 May 1989 Diagnostic Evaluation Of A PAC Subsystem Using Phantom Chest Roentgenograms: An Observer Performance Study

L. H. L. Winter, B. M. Ter Haar Rorneny, F. H. Barneveld Binkhuysen, F. P. Otter, H. A. O. Warnars, W. B. Becking, E. J. Haanraadts, G. J. Krabbe

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Proceedings Volume 1093, Medical Imaging III: PACS System Design and Evaluation; (1989) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.953356
Event: Medical Imaging III, 1989, Newport Beach, CA, United States

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The diagnostic image quality of a Philips' Picture Archiving and Communications Subsystem (PACS) was investigated by means of a Receiver Operating Characteristic study as a contribution to the current Dutch PACS research project. Conventional films and laser- and videodigitized images were compared for diagnostic image quality. A test series of 68 posterior-anterior (PA) screen film roentgenograms of a 3M chest phantom with superimposed simulated interstitial pattern disease were produced. The conventional test films were dig;tized using a video- and laser digitizer. The series of conventional and laser- and videodigitized images were viewed by four experienced radiologists. The digitized images were displayed on a 60 Hz interlaced monitor with 1024 lines. The relative ranking in terms of decreasing ROC areas was respectively conventional, laser- and videodigitized images.

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L. H. L. Winter, B. M. Ter Haar Rorneny, F. H. Barneveld Binkhuysen, F. P. Otter, H. A. O. Warnars, W. B. Becking, E. J. Haanraadts, and G. J. Krabbe "Diagnostic Evaluation Of A PAC Subsystem Using Phantom Chest Roentgenograms: An Observer Performance Study", Proc. SPIE 1093, Medical Imaging III: PACS System Design and Evaluation, (25 May 1989); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.953356

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