Technical and radiological image quality comparison of different liquid crystal displays for radiology.

Background: To inform cost-effective decisions in purchasing new medical liquid crystal displays, we compared the image quality in displays made by three manufacturers.

Methods: We recruited 19 radiologists and residents to compare the image quality of four liquid crystal displays, including 3-megapixel Barco(®), Eizo(®), and NEC(®) displays and a 6-megapixel Barco display. The evaluators were blinded to the manufacturers' names.