" Image Perception & the Assessment of Medical Image Quality "
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Abstract: The imaging chain begins with the interaction of the patient and the imaging device used to acquire data. It ends with the clinician viewing the image data and rendering a diagnostic interpretation. Although one can characterize image quality in a number of ways, from the clinical standpoint the important point is how it affects the final diagnostic interpretation.

This talk will examine some of the ways that we have used understand the image interpretation process of the human observer and what we have learned about the importance of optimizing the image display interface.