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In this article we demonstrate the effect of room illuminance and surrounding monitor black level luminance on image quality for soft copy interpretation. Luminance values of a 10% central target and image quality evaluations and observer performance using a contrast-detail mammography (CDMAM) phantom demonstrate these effects. Our results indicate that high room illuminance has a more damaging effect on image quality when the surrounding monitor luminance is 0% to 5% of the maximum monitor luminance. The effect of room illuminance is less obvious when the surrounding monitor luminance is 20% of the maximum.
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Chakrabarti, K., Kaczmarek, R., Thomas, J. et al. Effect of Room Illuminance on Monitor Black Level Luminance and Monitor Calibration. J Digit Imaging 16, 350–355 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10278-003-1720-5
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