Diagnostic accuracy was evaluated in a signal detection experiment that used low-contrast acute lesions in a living dog model. At the high levels of certainty normally used by radiologists, rare earth screen-film systems provided accuracy comparable to that of a reference calcium tungstate screen-film system. Additionally subjective image quality evaluation for a given imaging task (clinical pediatric anterior-posterior chest films) based on visualization of anatomic landmarks and physical parameters has been conducted for several rare earth and one calcium tungstate screen-film system. The correspondence of subjective physical ranking with physical and psychophysical measurements was investigated. Evaluating the visualization of anatomic parameters can provide a clear and objective distinction among systems with comparable physical and psychophysical properties.
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