Calibrating a COTS Monitor to DICOM Standard

dc.contributor.authorGrimstead, Ian J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAvis, Nick J.en_US
dc.contributor.editorWen Tang and John Collomosseen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-31T20:06:48Z
dc.date.available2014-01-31T20:06:48Z
dc.date.issued2009en_US
dc.description.abstractAbstract We present a method for calibrating a commodity, off-the-shelf (COTS) monitor (costing in the region of £200) to produce a greyscale image approximately calibrated to the DICOM standard, rather than require a 10-bit radiology monitor (costing in the region of £10,000). We use the concept of PseudoGrey to extend the available shades of grey from 256 to 5,800, which is in excess of a 12-bit greyscale. The chromaticity of the resulting greyscale is analysed to verify that the colour introduced does not unduly detract from a pure greyscale image. The behaviour of low intensity levels in the COTS monitor is also analysed, showing that a naive approach to estimating luminance from individual passes through the red, green and blue components is insufficient to produce an accurate intensity range. The results show that we can achieve a basic DICOM calibration (with FIT and LUM tests), but we have yet to test for further variability (such as off-axis deterioration in brightness or inconsistent luminance across a display). As well as displaying medical images, this approach may be of use in other areas requiring a high dynamic range, such as thermal imagery or images taken through multiple alternative exposures.en_US
dc.description.seriesinformationTheory and Practice of Computer Graphicsen_US
dc.identifier.isbn978-3-905673-71-5en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.2312/LocalChapterEvents/TPCG/TPCG09/199-206en_US
dc.publisherThe Eurographics Associationen_US
dc.subjectCategories and Subject Descriptors (according to ACM CCS): I.3.3 [Computer Graphics]: Viewing algorithms I.4.3en_US
dc.titleCalibrating a COTS Monitor to DICOM Standarden_US
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