Abstract:
:A photographic unsharp masking technique for improving the latitude of chest radiographs without sacrificing image contrast or detail is described. An unsharp mask film, prepared from a scout film of the patient's chest, is placed between the film and the front (entrance) screen in the cassette. A second radiograph then is recorded using technique factors that provide a well-penetrated view of the central mediastinum, etc. The unsharp mask absorbs light from the screen in those areas of the chest that normally are well penetrated, preventing overexposure of these areas and resulting in an improved balance of densities across the chest image. Improvement of contrast by a factor of 2 is demonstrated for mediastinal and retrocardiac structures with no loss of contrast in the central lung fields. Nodule detection studies with a chest phantom and simulated nodules suggest that a single unsharp masked film provides higher nodule detection rates than a pair of films consisting of a normally penetrated and an overpenetrated view, possibly because of facilitation of visual search patterns and contrast/brightness adaptation mechanisms of the visual system. Initial clinical studies indicate that unsharp masking may provide additional useful clinical information.
journal_name
Invest Radioljournal_title
Investigative radiologyauthors
Sorenson JA,Niklason LT,Nelson JAdoi
10.1097/00004424-198107000-00007subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1981-07-01 00:00:00pages
281-8issue
4eissn
0020-9996issn
1536-0210journal_volume
16pub_type
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journal_title:Investigative radiology
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journal_title:Investigative radiology
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更新日期:2021-02-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:1998-01-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1097/RLI.0b013e318250a72c
更新日期:2012-08-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2020-05-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00004424-198207000-00016
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更新日期:2015-11-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1097/00004424-200006000-00004
更新日期:2000-06-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2020-11-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2015-05-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:1975-11-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2008-10-01 00:00:00